And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 1 John 1:4 I used to believe that life wouldn’t have too many problems as long as I was saved and kept doing the right thing. I seriously struggled with this when I had a mental breakdown. I truly thought I must be out of God’s will because I believed as long as I stayed in it nothing too bad would happen to me. Now, some of you are probably thinking I was stupid for believing that, but the reality is I haven’t me

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To successfully minister cross-culturally, we had to unpack the role of the Law for the Christian and how it is often utilised in Western Christianity.

Over the past few years, I have read a large number of belief statements, but I’ve been struck by something that is missing in every single one of them.