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February 2001

Issue 9
In this Issue ......
A Foundation for God's House
- Don Meyer The local council will not let you pour concrete over topsoil, fill or any unstable ground. This must be scraped off so that the footings and slab are supported by solid, stable sub-strata. Jesus goes a step further He says, On this ROCK I will build my ekklesia, i.e. called out ones.... Read more.....
Welcome to Our New Readers
- New Wineskins Team Since the publication of the last issue of the New Wineskins we have had a number of new folk join our mail list. We take this opportunity to welcome these new readers.... Read more.....
A People, Fully His
- Author Unknown If God has called you to be really like Jesus, He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility and put upon you such demands of obedience that you will not be able to follow other people or measure yourself by other Christians, and in many ways He will seem to let other good people do things which He will not let you do.... Read more.....
Salted with Fire
- Ken Hoffmann We may think we know how to live as citizens in the Kingdom of God, but everything is new and we must learn to walk anew, living a repentant life led by the Holy Spirit of God.... Read more.....
Mailbox - Issue 9
This is the section where you the readers have your say!..... Read more.....
Book Review: Messages that Blessed
Book Review on some of the books available in the 'Books in Touch' section.... Read more.....
To Church or not to Church. That is the question... or is it?
- John McGoram The question is often asked, To church or not to church? There appears to be an anticipation of something else God may have for us. And one must say that something else is clearly taught throughout our New Testament. It is called the Body of Christ and is an experience that few have known throughout 2000 years of Christianity. How often have you come across the actual living Body of Christ, moving as one unit under the daily headship of Jesus? Its utter absence must give grief to God as it does to those who yearn to be part of it.... Read more.....
What does 'Church' really mean?
An article regarding the word 'Church', its beginnings and what the Bible says regarding the 'ekklesia'.... Read more.....
Set Free! To Be the Me I'm Meant to Be!
From "Disguises of Love" by Eddie Askew Newspaper and television advertising give us the perfect image of the consumer. We must all use Flora margarine and a particular soap powder. Everyone who aspires to be someone uses Dior perfume, and holidays in the Caribbean. What, all at once? Maybe the perfume keeps us smelling fresh while our slim bodies (thank you, Flora) bask in the Caribbean sun on our whiter-than-white towels. A whole industry geared to make man in the image of man. No, it's not such a good idea, to be turned into conforming copies of each other..... Read more.....
Tozers thoughts on Church
Christians have fallen into the habit of accepting the nosiest among them as the best and the greatest. They too have learned to equate popularity with excellence, and in open defiance of the Sermon on the Mount they have given their approval not to the meek, but to the self-assertive; not to the mourner, but to the self assured; not to the pure of heart who seek God but to the publicity hunter who seeks headlines.... Read more.....