Notes taken from the Exposition of Chapter 1, “The Gospel of God ROMANS,” by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

WHAT IS THE TEACHING OF PAUL’S LETTER TO THE ROMANS?

Analysis, classification, bird’s-eye view.

I. Chapters  1-11 doctrinal

II. Chapters 12-16 practical

I. Chapters 1-11 doctrinal

A. 1:1-15

a preliminary salutation and a general introduction of the theme:

THE GOSPEL OF GOD

To be continued …

“I’m doing time to stop youth crime”

“I’m doing time to STOP youth crime!”

That’s what the prominent citizens of Kaitaia can say who are willing participants in the fundraising stunt coming Saturday, May 23, 2015.

They will be imprisoned in a makeshift jail inside The Warehouse here in Kaitaia. How quickly they get out, depends on how much the people of Kaitaia are willing to give for their release.

All donations to the bail fund are used to send young people to life skills camps.

Now I am asking myself, “What am I doing to stop crime?” Please read more posts on his blog!

Let me tell you what surprised me today.

I picked up another book, only a small slender volume.

The following thoughts went through my mind, before I really looked at it: Another book, I read it and then I forget what I have read.

The little booklet

I asked myself questions: What will I learn from reading the book? Will the reading of the book influence my life? How will it change my life? There are more questions of course.

But when I opened the book I was surprised to find questions at the end of the first reading. There were in fact two really good questions and the reader is encouraged to tell the answer.

I actually believe that answering questions like that is changing the life of people, also mine.

We need physical food and we need spiritual food.

SPIRITUAL FOOD

People who are entering a church building expect to be fed spiritually.

PHYSICAL FOOD

There is a building of a church in Cambridge here in New Zealand where spiritual food was served once, but no more. At the present time you can buy there only food for

The coffee shop in Canbridge

the body. We usually stop there at least for a cup of coffee, when we come through that town. The fact is that I like that place very much. You can sit upstairs with your coffee and you can look down and see your car where it is parked.

SPIRITUAL FOOD AND PHYSICAL FOOD

We are very fortunate here in Kaitaia. Right on the main Street we have a church – HOPE CHRISTIAN CENTRE – where spiritual food and physical food is being

Hope Christian Centre

served. I am hoping to go there tomorrow at least for a good cup of coffee. There is also literature on display and I must remember to take my glasses.

In Deuteronomy 8:3 our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ says, ” … man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.”

“On the Job”

” … , nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would not be a burden to any one of you.” – Second Thessalonians 3:8

This week’s Northland Age online poll asks whether Bible studies should be taken out of school.

I am reading that in The Northland Age, Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

I have heard about Religions Instruction in schools, Religious Education in schools and Bible in schools, and I hope that that is meant by “Bible studies” in school.

The new Kerikeri Baptist Church

During my time with the United Maori Mission (UMM) in Kaitaia for a short time, and almost 25 years in Kaikohe, it was my privilege not only to be a Bible in schools teacher in many, many schools around Kaitaia and Kaikohe, but also to train Bible in Schools teachers. For many years we had training days at the old KERIKERI Baptist church.

What is this week’s Northland Age online poll producing? I am very much looking forward to find out!