Tag Archives: God
Original Sin: The Original Meaning
Original Sin, the meaning revealed… without even mentioning sex! Original Sin is a doctrine completely separate from any notion of sex or sexuality. The Church has managed to confuse those ideas in most unhelpful ways throughout history, but I won’t be doing so here. So if you’re in the mood for a salacious, sexy romp […]
- November 20, 2012
- / Category Apologetics, Fall (of mankind), Genesis 3, Original Sin
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Big Fella and the Promise
“This life is very real to me, God” How many of us can stand with Big Fella and testify: “The promise is calling out to me to be a witness”? That’s precisely what the promise does, if we are to understand it properly.
- November 1, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Ministry, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 1 Comment.
The Book of Job: (not so?) Friendly Advice
What does the Book of Job say about counselling our friends? A key message of the Book of Job is that, when someone is suffering, there may be things going on that we are unaware of. Rather than badger the person to amend their behaviour, or drag them into a theological debate, we should comfort […]
- October 23, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Reflection on Ministry, The Book of Job
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Big Fella is “Justified by Faith”
Neither Death nor Life In a track that cries out about the ongoing toughness of the spiritual journey, Big Fella takes comfort from the sure knowledge that he is “justified by faith”, and concludes that “neither death nor life can separate us”. This is precisely the point! We do indeed have that assurance. Praise God.
- October 22, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Big Fella is “Seeing the World Through God’s Eyes”
“No more jail cells. Bill’s been paid. No more ticket to hell” “I’m like a dealer on the street corner, pushing Christ to the junkies and the dope pushers: people I used to run with…” For Big Fella, it’s personal. He’s still got friends in the drug scene, and he wants to pluck them out, […]
- October 19, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Commentary, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Can Christ “get a witness” in Big Fella?
Is your heart ready to deal with this? Here is a man who was so good at crime that his friends and family assumed he would be in it forever. Jesus took him out of that life, and now the call of Christ is: Are you built for this? Can you handle this? Is your […]
- October 12, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Romans 8:12-14 “Flesh and Spirit”. Do the translators understand?
Discerning the Worldview of the Translators…? The Bible talks about “the flesh” and “the spirit”. Various translations treat these concepts in subtly different ways, and in those differences there can be substantial theological impact. Irrespective of what we want it to say, it is important to comprehend what the original author meant by these terms, […]
- September 29, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Flesh, Ministry, Research, Romans 8, Spirit
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Domestic Violence: He fractured my skull, but I love him.
That awkward moment when you fracture your pregnant girlfriend’s skull In the Mall this week, we had the privilege of providing support and encouragement to a young pregnant woman with a fractured eye socket. It seems her boyfriend had become enraged in a drunken fit of jealous imagination, and pummelled her with punches resulting in […]
- September 26, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Ministry, Mission to the Marginalised, Reflection on Ministry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 1 Comment.
Genesis 2:2-3 – Why God rested
Why did God rest? We often ask our Biblical texts questions that they were not designed to answer. This can be ok sometimes, and it can yield information that is good and helpful. But at other times it can result in us reading the text in ways that were never intended, potentially obscuring or even […]
- September 19, 2012
- / Category Apologetics, Genesis 2, Research, Sabbath
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Big Fella lays it all down, “In these Rhymes”
In These Rhymes Here’s another one from Big Fella. Notice in the lyrics that producing this work is part of the way in which God is working on the man: “Just layn’ it at your feet in these rhymes”.
- September 17, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Luke 17:20-21 “Behold! The kingdom of God is in the midst of you”
What is the kingdom of God, and where is it? What does Luke 17:20-21 mean? Is it a spiritual message about the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer? What does this ambiguous term mean, that “the kingdom of God is “ἐντὸς” (“within/inside” – Strongs Concordance)? This teaching is frequently pulled out of its […]
- September 15, 2012
- / Category Kingdom of God, Luke 17, Vulgar
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Homosexuality: The Stumbling Stone of Modern Christianity?
Christian, why is it so hard to love homosexual people? Christian churches have developed a series of dogmatic teachings that culminate in Christians wearing T-Shirts bearing the theologically inaccurate statement, “God Hates Fags”. No wonder many Christians find it hard to reconcile this with their spiritual discernment, which prompts them simply to love and accept […]
- September 9, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Homosexual, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 21 Comments.
Criminal Minds
What does the heart of a career criminal, converted to Christ, sound like? This friend of mine has been part of the Ipswich Mall ministry from the beginning. He knew nothing about music but was called by God to discover, learn, and create Gospel Rap music. It’s lonely In this song you will hear selected […]
- September 6, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
The Psychological Gospel
Can the Gospel be described in Psychological terms? The Gospel is not a matter of psychology. It is a message about the Kingdom of God: “Jesus is Lord”. But the contemplation of this, and the comprehension of it, can have profound psychological effects on the person concerned. This is because it matters that Jesus is Lord. It […]
- September 2, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Mission to the Marginalised, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 1 Comment.
Big Fella is “Moved by tha Spirit”
How’s your faith? This friend of mine has been part of the Ipswich Mall ministry from the beginning. He knew nothing about music but was called by God to discover, learn, and create Gospel Rap music. “My eyes have seen your salvation” Be encouraged. This is a genuine testimony. It’s happening in Ipswich, QLD. The […]
- September 1, 2012
- / Category Big Fella, Poetry, Reflection on Ministry
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free (Jn 8:32)
If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed (Jn 8:36) I have a friend who has been set free by the truth. This is from her story. The story has helped me to understand more and more about human beings, and the ways in which they are wired-up. At every turn it […]
- August 26, 2012
- / Category Commentary, John 8, Marketplace Evangelism, Spirit, The Human Connection, Truth
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
A Five-Year-Old Junkie and the Hungry Bandit
People are Awesome How do you describe a day in which you meet not one, but two very special human beings? Last Tuesday, as is my custom, I spent time in Ipswich Mall. As the day unfolded I met a young man who was clearly very much drug-affected, and a young woman who seemed to […]
- August 17, 2012
- / Category Commentary, Marketplace Evangelism, Mission to the Marginalised, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Heaven: “a banquet of aged wine — the best of meats and the finest of wines”
Heaven as “a banquet” There are numerous Biblical texts which liken heaven, in various ways, to a great banquet. But how is this properly used in general conversation, in apologetics, in evangelism, or in pastoral care?
- August 8, 2012
- / Category Marketplace Evangelism, Reflection on Ministry, The Human Connection
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
Is Ecclesiastes about feelings?
How are we supposed to feel when we read Ecclesiastes? I was asked whether the central message of the book of Ecclesiastes was “Pessimism”, or “Joy”. In other words, how are we supposed to feel when we read it? (Or perhaps, how did the author feel when it was put together?) I don’t think we’re […]
- August 1, 2012
- / Category Research, The Book of Ecclesiastes
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / No Comments.
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Genesis 3: No Curse on Adam and Eve. “μη γενοιτο”!
Human kind was certainly not cursed by God at the Fall, nor would it be theologically possible It is said (widely, but for example at Bible.Org), that when Adam and Eve sinned, God cursed them. This is not true, and I plan to demonstrate not only the fact, but also the theological reason why, it […]