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So for some inexplicable reason the website decided today that it didn’t want to work correctly anymore. We’re working on a solution, but in the meantime if you’re looking for the sidebar (with all the links and pics and stuff) and it’s not where it’s supposed to be, try looking down the bottom of the page…. |
| EDIT: So even weirder, posting this article has fixed the problem. Now I’m really confused. Oh well; praise God that the problem is solved. | |
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Recently there’s the two words that have been floating around. You may have come across them, or you may not have. In discussions on the cross and what occured there, they both come up fairly often – Propitiation and Expiation. They usually come up together because they’re pretty similar, but they are different. Let me explain. Expiation is the covering, putting away, washing off or rubbing out of sin so that it no longer creates a barrier to Relationships between People and God. |
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But if Sin is rubbed out, then there’s nothing left to seperate us from the Love of God. Expiation is a pretty good description of what happened at the cross.
But Propitiation is even better! |
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At NCS one of our goals is to be reaching out to those at Newcastle uni with the gospel, and it’s great to be on the look out for new and creative opportunities to do this. I recently signed up to Ilead- the international leadership experience and development program, and along with the convenient perk of getting scholarships for overseas uni related travel I discovered one such opportunity.
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Ilead run welcome morning teas for international students who have recently arrived in Australia, and they have asked Ilead-ers who are interested to participate in these morning teas. I saw this and thought, what a chance to share Christ’s love! International students can often feel isolated and apprehensive and this is one way I could see of being an ambassador for Christ and perhaps getting chances to witness for him. I want to encourage you guys, there are plenty of these opportunities like this around so keep looking, and as Paul says;
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‘Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity’ (Colossians 4:5)
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God bless!
I’m not sure about you, but I was really challenged at Wintercon last week when Greg described how our generation is notoriously bad at knowing, understanding and loving doctrine and theology. The bible is always our first port of call to know the truth, but there were heaps of great books recommended to us last week that can help us understand this better, and grapple with God’s word.
When it comes to Christian books, despite all my good intentions, and no matter how much I enjoy reading them, I rarely reach the last page. And I know I’m not alone…
As such, I’m keen to start an NCS Book club so we can help each other digest what we read and reach the end without giving up in frustration along the way.
We’re kicking off this Wednesday, the 28th July at 9am in the back of the Brennan room. We’ll be reading “The Cross of Christ” by John Stott, and I will bring some spare copies.
It’d be great to see you there, passionate about trying to deepen our understanding of the cross of Christ.
Well, WinterCon has surely come to an end for another year, now we can all put our feet up and… WOAH! JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS ALL OVER, IT’S TIME TO CLIMB OUT OF THAT ROCKIN’ CHAIR AND BACK INTO THE TRENCHES!!! There is so much goodness to look forward to in the coming days and weeks – if you haven’t heard from your small group for a while, get on the blower and announce, in the words of Jake and Elwood, “we’re getting the band back together!”
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We have added two walk up slots to the week – come and join your NCS family as we strike up convos (why not suggest to your small group that you could come together?), not to mention Mission Week, kicking off partially in week 4, before building in week 5 to the Bar on the Hill talk on Thursday night.
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As Greg said at WinterCon, we’re living in a building suspended in mid air – the split second before it all comes crashing to the ground. So that’s enough arm-chair dosing, lollygagging tomfoolery, let’s get pumped for Semester 2!
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