The Presence of God for the Christian Life
This article consiers how the presence of God in the lives of Christians brings blessedness.
Caught Up in the Cloud: Rescuing the Ascension Story from Familiarity
This article reflects on the significance of the cloud in Jesus' ascension into heaven, as the "Shekinah Glory" and the presence of God. It further supplies resources to help plan and prepare an Ascension Day service.
The Visual and Auditory Presentation of God on Mount Sinai
Accounts of theophany are recorded in Exodus 19-Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 4-Deuteronomy 5. This study argues that the senses of sight and hearing are used together to attain knowledge of God and that this interrelation between seeing and hearing is intended.
The Real Presence: What Is It?
What is the presence of God? Where is it? What is the nature of it? This article addresses these questions by considering the doctrines of God's presence in the world, Christ's real spiritual presence, and Christ's real bodily presence.
Yearning for God: The Potential and Poverty of the Catholic Spirituality of Francis de Sales
This essay is about spiritual formation, spirituality, or personal transformation in the presence of God. Scorgie understands spirituality to be about experiencing the Triune God in a personally transforming way. He argues that intimacy with the holy God is necessarily purging and sanctifying.
The Nearness of God – Incarnation as Presence
In Chapter 1 Burns discusses the subject of the presence of God in John 1:1-18. The focus of the chapter is verse 14. Attention is given to the Word in the flesh, the Word and salvation, the Word and perseverance, the Word as tabernacle, the Word as grace and truth, the Word and the Law, and the Word and our world.
Stephen's Defense and the World Mission of the People of God
This paper focuses on three aspects of Stephen's defense in Acts 7 that may have led to a change in attitude towards the early Christian gathering in Jerusalem. One of the aspects is the scope of the work of God and the presence of God.
The Temple of God
The temple forms an integrative part of the history of the people of God. The presence of God in the temple made it special. This essay provides an overview of the role and function of the temple in both the Old and New Testaments.
Be Still and Know That He Is Good
The heart of Christian meditation is the enjoyment of the presence of God combined with the joy experienced in praising the Lord. Meditation is therefore an act of worship, an act of seeking communion with the living God.
New England Preachers and the Presence of God
Toronto Blessing or Temples of the Holy Spirit?
Marriage "in the Name of the Lord"
Isaiah 45:14 – Only You!
Alone, but Not Lonely
This article is about loneliness and aloneness, the closeness and presence of God, and hospitality in the church.
The God Who is Near God's Presence in Your Life
God with Us: The Gospel of the Holy of Holies
I Will Be with Thee
Acts 7 - The Pilgrim Mentality Promise and Fulfilment
Temples of the Holy Spirit
Exodus 33:15 - Not Satisfied to be Saved Alone
Angels at Church
Dr Lloyd-Jones and Authority in Preaching
This article is about M. Lloyd-Jones' view on preaching, specifically the authority and power of preaching, the presence of God and preaching, the attention of the hearers, the preacher and powerful preaching, and preaching and prayer.
Worship: Evangelical or Reformed?
This article is about the difference between Reformed and Evangelical worship. Two aspects are discussed: the presence of God, and the understanding of the minister's office in the worship service.