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Darrell DeLaine

About Darrell DeLaine

Over 50 years of spiritual experiences, including as an ordained pastor. Many work experiences and traveled throughout Australia extensively. Marriage celebrant and co-founder of Resurrection Word Ministries.
28 04, 2023

Idolatry – part 2

By |2023-04-28T13:59:24+10:0028th April, 2023|Categories: Nuggets|0 Comments

We are all familiar with the statues, carvings and paintings depicting various gods from different cultures.  In the West the gods of Olympus, Rome and Egypt have shaped and guided our psyche for millenia.  Other cultures such as the sub-continent, mesoamerica and the orient all have their own, though [...]

31 03, 2023

Law / Covenant – 07 Christian

By |2023-03-31T14:12:33+11:0031st March, 2023|Categories: Law/Covenant|0 Comments

Christian So, if Israelites were separated by the 10 Commandments from the Gentiles who have only 7 Laws, how should the two groups relate to each other, or even within their own differing cultures, especially for the new group called Christians. In Acts 15:22-29 we find that James proclaims [...]

28 03, 2023

Law / Covenant – 06 Davidic

By |2023-03-28T14:09:19+11:0028th March, 2023|Categories: Law/Covenant|0 Comments

Davidic In 2 Samuel chapter 7 God makes a covenant with David. There is nothing David needs to do to be a beneficiary of this covenant, nor does God threaten him with losing any benefits because of any of his actions. The covenant covers 7 blessings God promises to [...]

24 03, 2023

Law / Covenant – 05 Mosaic

By |2023-03-24T13:55:25+11:0024th March, 2023|Categories: News|0 Comments

Mosaic In the 6th chapter of Exodus, verses 6 to 8, we read, “Therefore say to the children of Israel: ‘I am the Lord; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with [...]

21 03, 2023

Law / Covenant – 04 Abrahamic

By |2023-03-21T14:17:35+11:0021st March, 2023|Categories: Law/Covenant|0 Comments

Abrahamic Genesis 12:1-3 lists the 3 promises God made to Abram. These being the promise of land, seed and blessings. The formalizing of the contract is reported in Genesis 15, with God declaring “I will” and moving between the carcasses as Abram slept. Thus making this an unconditional covenant, [...]

24 02, 2023

Law / Covenant – 01 Intro

By |2023-02-24T14:21:09+11:0024th February, 2023|Categories: Law/Covenant|0 Comments

Covenant / Law Matthew 26:28, “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” Mark 14:24, “And He said to them, “This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.” Luke 22:20, “Likewise He also [...]

14 02, 2023

Captives

By |2023-02-14T14:24:58+11:0014th February, 2023|Categories: Nuggets|0 Comments

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed” [...]

10 02, 2023

Fall, The – part 2

By |2023-02-10T14:58:50+11:0010th February, 2023|Categories: Fall|0 Comments

Judgement tree revisited, courtroom no 2. Now satan’s goose is cooked, or at least it has been declared by God to be forthcoming (Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 14, Revelation 12).  He now knows that his end will be at the hand of the seed of Adam, and so he goes [...]

3 02, 2023

Fall, The – part 1

By |2023-02-03T14:00:33+11:003rd February, 2023|Categories: Fall|0 Comments

When we talk about ‘the fall’, immediately the story of the forbidden fruit comes to mind, and disobedience. But was eating the fruit the main issue here or was there something else.  Let’s go back to the very beginning, we have to go back before the creation itself as [...]

24 01, 2023

First Commandment

By |2023-01-24T17:12:24+11:0024th January, 2023|Categories: Nuggets|0 Comments

Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”  Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And [...]

20 01, 2023

Ruth Ch 4

By |2023-01-20T13:56:27+11:0020th January, 2023|Categories: Ruth|0 Comments

Chapter 4 Here it is!  The good news of a kinsman-redeemer!  This is the only passage in Scripture that gives details of this pivotal aspect of our belief.  The concept is discussed in Leviticus Chapter 25 verses 25-28 where Moses instructs the people to ensure that land promised to a [...]

13 01, 2023

Ruth Ch 3

By |2023-01-13T14:10:10+11:0013th January, 2023|Categories: Ruth|0 Comments

Chapter 3 Well, what do we make of the opening 4 verses of this chapter?  Here Naomi is effectively suggesting that Ruth prostitute herself.  Are you prepared to offer-up your self-righteous virtue for your redemption?  And one must always listen to their mother-in-law (at least with one ear), if you [...]

6 01, 2023

Ruth Ch 2

By |2023-01-06T15:17:10+11:006th January, 2023|Categories: Ruth|0 Comments

Chapter 2 Verses 1-2, reminds us that it is good to have relatives in places of influence and prosperity.  It also shows that to survive, and even to prosper, we need to have a plan.  And God has the perfect plan for us (Jerimiah 29:11).  But we need to stand [...]

3 01, 2023

Ruth Ch 1 part 2

By |2023-01-03T14:52:32+11:003rd January, 2023|Categories: Ruth|0 Comments

Back to Naomi.  Do you feel the anguish of this woman?  The sudden loss of not only familiar friends, family, home and country, but her loving and caring husband; not one, but two sons in their prime. There is no welfare system, no protector or supplier. Where, and to [...]

30 12, 2022

Ruth Ch 1 part 1

By |2022-12-30T14:38:07+11:0030th December, 2022|Categories: Ruth|0 Comments

There are 2 major points to learn from the first chapter of Ruth: What happens when you lay aside God’s promises, and How He brings you back into those promises. Judges 21:25, “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own [...]

30 12, 2022

Ruth Intro

By |2022-12-30T14:29:08+11:0030th December, 2022|Categories: Ruth|0 Comments

Let's look at the Book of Ruth. If you were left on a deserted island and this was all you had, you could be saved. It is the quintessential encapsulation of the Gospel.  Just add the Gospel of John and presto!, you have all the good news. I've borrowed [...]

16 12, 2022

Xenocentricity

By |2022-12-16T14:13:59+11:0016th December, 2022|Categories: Nuggets|0 Comments

Xenocentricity Xeno = different, foreign.  Centricity = central, core Humanity is quintessentially xenocentric.  We are of a different essence from the rest of nature.  Nature, whether animal, vegetable or mineral, is part of the rest of the spiritless creation.  Humanity is of the likeness of Spirit God (Genesis 1:26).  Being [...]

12 12, 2022

Unbelief

By |2022-12-12T11:54:03+11:0012th December, 2022|Categories: Nuggets|0 Comments

Unbelief Mark 9:17-24, “Out of the crowd, one man answered Him, “Teacher, I brought my son to You. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak. Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. So [...]

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