Dr Ken Baker
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Hello! Val and I live in London, in the UK. We are teachers (http://kenandval.com), pastors of a local Nazarene church in Walthamstow and prayer activists working to develop new expressions of the kingdom of God.
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Tag Archives: Prayer
“Casting down imaginations…”
“You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What … Continue reading
Praying for the people of God (Ephesians 3)
4 It is for this reason that I bow my knees before the Father, 15 after whom all families in heaven above and on earth below receive their names, and pray: 16 Father, out of Your honourable and glorious riches, strengthen Your people. Fill their souls with the … Continue reading
INHERITANCE: A new kind of identity (Ephesians 1)
In the first chapter of Ephesians, Paul outlines a vision for the identity of the people of God and reasserts the nature of the faith-life into which they have been called. So what is this new kind of identity that … Continue reading
Ephesians 6 is not a call to be aggressive
When I read that image of the “Armour of God” in Ephesians 6, my mind always conjures up a Sunday School picture of a Roman soldier – a very big poster, sellotaped to the wall- with the various component bits … Continue reading
Adoption in Ephesians1- A metaphor of empowerment
As we read the first chapter of Ephesians, we have to interpret Paul’s particular use of the concept of adoption with great care. It’s a metaphor of empowerment, but our own cultural context reduces our capacity to really get hold … Continue reading
“Kept by the power of your name…” (John 17)
In the wonderful prayer that makes up the whole of John 17, the first request that Jesus made of his father for his disciples was: “Father, keep them.” What does that mean? He prays: “Now I am no longer in the world, … Continue reading
ROLL-CALL: Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was an American Trappist monk, poet, author, social activist and pioneer of interfaith understanding You can read an account of his life here but it was the strange manner of his death (stepping out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham, Bible, Christ, Christianity, Faith, Following Jesus, God, Old Testament, Prayer, Spiritual, Thomas Merton
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Eye-witnesses
I wonder how you remember things? Some things seem lodged in my brain, crystal clear and pristine. Others, …uh, less so. Recently, I recounted a very early memory to my brother -an event that we had both witnessed- only to … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Contemporism, Evangelism, Faith, God, Holiness, Jesus, Morning Devotions, New Testament, Prayer, Purity, Sin & Repentance, The church today, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, church today, conversion, Evangelism, Faith, Following Jesus, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Morning Devotions, New Testament, Pharisee, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual
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“Do everything without complaining…”
Benjamin Franklin famously said, “Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain – and most fools do.” In his classic book, Games People Play, psychiatrist Eric Berne said that one of the most frequent of human pastimes is a game he called, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anointing, Bible, Catholic Church, Christ, Christian, Christianity, church, church today, Conversation, conversion, Evangelism, Faith, Following Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Lord, Morning Devotions, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual, Talking
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