You know when you’re reading a book – or imagine you know when you’re reading a book if you don’t read a book – and you’ve got to a good bit but you have to nip off to do something important, so you leave a bookmark on the page to remind you where you were […]
Read More The Gospel SharingThere was a time when I hardly mentioned my family life. It appears as though every other post has to mention someone in the Dryden Household. Ho hum. I cannot quite put my finger on it, but with the development of Zoë Dryden – our third daughter – who has only recently turned 2 years […]
Read More All DoneWhen considering life in Christ we come to another tricky, sticky issue. In coming in touch with Jesus there is a quandary about now that you’ve met Him, what do you do? Being brought up in church, after my first personal encounter with Christ that lead to my baptism, I fell into the comfortable routine […]
Read More So You’re A New Believer … God Help You!I had a conversation with an old friend the other day (as in he’s a friend from old times, he’s not that old … yet). He was fairly sceptical of the rise in social media that meant that something said in a private conversation one minute could be broadcast over the internet within that very […]
Read More Big Brother Is Watching You … Especially If You’re His Little BrotherI was at a wedding today and I was delighted for the couple. Occasions like weddings get me all reflective. God gives us expeeriences to learn from. Some mention that the real test of lessons learnt is in adversity. That is true. Yet I also think how we make the most of the good times. […]
Read More Learning from Experience: The Good TimesSo I started something when I considered realising potential and then I went a bit further when I explored a little about playing out of position. This is not so much the conclusion of a trilogy as an exclamation point in an ongoing paragraph of life. Most parents would understand the sentiment of wanting the […]
Read More Wanting The Best For Your Children Means Living The BestListen carefully to the lyrics of this song. Sure I could say that for any gospel song worth its salt, but in this case it is worth paying careful attention again. In my humble opinion this song could not be written without walking through a number of life’s paths where there were significant obstacles that […]
Read More DMCD Songs: No Other Choice – Tye TribbettAnalogies. I love them. One picture to help with the point that you’re making. A picture that is easy to understand and its basics can be seen in the other side. Football analogies. I love them. I love football. I have a point to make. I make the point by using something I love. Just […]
Read More Playing Out Of PositionLet me see if I’ve got this right. When people get married the deal is that this arrangement is til death do us part. Yet some stats somewhere suggest that Christian marriages are just as likely to end in divorce as non-Christian marriage. Whatever the stats say the reality is it is not uncommon to […]
Read More Talking Point: Christian DivorceA few years ago I was asked to preach at a church. In the course of my preparation I developed something called Fit for Function based on aspects of 1 Corinthians and Ephesians and the analogy of the church as the body with each part put in its place so that as we all grow […]
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