Deborah is a smart girl. My firstborm really has a good brain operating that can pick up concepts very well and is able to explain them clearly and confidently. Seeing her doing it makes me very happy. This evening we were reading 1 Samuel 15 and considering why God wasn’t happy with Saul. Deborah heard […]
Read More September Sojourn: Taking God SeriouslyLazarus is dead. If Jesus, the guy who said he loved him, had shown up, this would never have happened. Now we’ve buried him. Our dear Lazarus. Gone too soon. Oh and now this Rabbi shows up. Now Jesus is here. Far too late. I’m sure His excuses will be hollow. All talk and when […]
Read More September Sojourn: Jesus Is The Resurrection and the LifeI am really in a spot of bother. I am a loner. I really am. I signed up for the charter many years ago and love my own company. And yet … The more I read of Jesus, the more I see how He invested in the life of others, the more I see how […]
Read More September Sojourn: Never AloneSome of us see the same thing happening and take more pleasure in criticising the thing than doing anything to address it. For years the same nonsense can be carrying on, and it’s obviously nonsense, but when the question is asked what to do about it, comments dry up and umming and ahhhing are the […]
Read More September Sojourn: Not Accepting The Status QuoWhile I go journeying through the gospel of John, my family have been embarking on a trek through 1 Samuel. This is an important book of the Bible for me. About 20 years ago, as a member of a church youth group, this was a book we were studying and memorising for a national quiz […]
Read More September Sojourn: Speak Lord, I’m ListeningIt was a cold building. The joke was that it was warmer outside than it was inside. Only thing being, it wasn’t so funny for the older folks who had gathered and suffered from ailments such as arthritis. It was tough expecting them to accept such conditions. Still, the congregation gathered in the most suitable […]
Read More September Sojourn: Enjoying God TogetherReading the gospel of John, I’m impressed with how Jesus relates to women. In a noted patriarchal society, His interactions with women really highlight what it is to be full of grace and truth. Conversing with the Samaritan Woman at the well is a prime example. Here is Jesus turning a request for a drink […]
Read More September Sojourn: Grace, Truth, Past and PresentRay Stedman has been a significant influence on me as a Bible teacher – and I never knew him. I came across his teachings on his web-site and was profoundly blessed nit just by the written material, but especially by the audio recordings. That he has passed from the mortal experience is such a sadness […]
Read More September Sojourn: Sanctify Them By The TruthJohn chapter four begins with information of the growing popularity of Jesus’ message and subsequent baptisms. What I found intriguing is the small note that it was not Jesus baptising but his disciples. In other gospel accounts we see Jesus commissioning his disciples to go out and put what they’ve seen in action. There’s very […]
Read More September Sojourn: Learning By DoingThere is something intriguing about Jesus’ relationship with Hus disciples throughout the gospel according to John. They choose to follow Jesus, and He says they do this because they have been chosen. This explains why when others walk away at some of the tough sayings of the Rabbi, these remain. When the religious rulers put […]
Read More September Sojourn: I Will Follow You
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