Monthly Archives: October 2013

The Purpose of the Bible

Posted on October 23, 2013 by John Valade

I take the city bus to and from work most days and have come to talk to certain people on an almost daily basis on the way home from work. I was talking to one about a common interest in … Continue reading →

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Covenants of Christ – Part 5: The Test of the Creation Covenant

Posted on October 22, 2013 by John Valade

According to O. Palmer Robertson, being forbidden to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not just an arbitrary rule, but rather the focal point of man’s testing. The physical and spiritual are not separate … Continue reading →

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Covenants of Christ – Part 4

Posted on October 17, 2013 by John Valade

This post continues a series of reflections based on a book by O. Palmer Robertson. The third and final creational ordinance of the Covenant of Creation that O. Palmer Robertson talks about in his book The Christ of the Covenants … Continue reading →

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The Wolf Also Shall Dwell With the Lamb

Posted on October 6, 2013 by John Valade

One of my favourite biblical images of the future return of Jesus Christ comes from Isaiah 11:6-9. 6 The wolf also shall dwell  with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down  with the kid; and the calf and the … Continue reading →

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Living Water and Freeing Light

Posted on October 4, 2013 by John Valade

[This post is based on a message at Wascana Fellowship on Saturday, September 28, 2013. Though this was two days after the Feast of Tabernacles my mind was still on that subject.] I was perusing the book of John recently … Continue reading →

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