I would be sound asleep and wake up refreshed. Few things in life are as invigorating as waking up fully rested and refreshed to get on with what needs to be done. When I have those experiences, I think about a life renewed. One of the powerful things about new life in Christ is that […]
Read More JJ24 #51: The Life RenewedAnd God spoke all these words saying, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. (Exodus 20:1-2 ESV) Some people believe this applies to them because they are Christians. It’s interesting. What we can agree, though, is that this was said to […]
Read More JJ24 #50: The Rest and BelongingA gospel artist I enjoy listening to regularly is Jon Gibson. I hope there will be time to allow me to go into why I like listening to his music. That time won’t be now. One of the songs I enjoy of his is called “The End“. In my brief time on the planet, I’ve […]
Read More JJ24 #49: What About The End?There’s a very intriguing episode in the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Unlike their northern neighbours, their run of kings was not all those who displeased God. There were a few who were said to be pleasing to God, almost at a similar level to King David’s standard. One in particular, however, was called Joash. In […]
Read More JJ 24 #48: New Operating SystemYou can be healed. It’s given to extremes. One extreme cancels it out altogether. They profess faith in God and stand by the Bible ardently regarding morality and the quest to affirm the primacy of Jesus. It’s just that they think it stopped when the apostles died out. The other extreme insists that it should […]
Read More JJ 24 #47: There’s HealingWherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. (Matthew 6:21) Jesus presents us with options. We can store up treasures on earth or in heaven. What does that look like? Is it just an issue of what we use our money for? Is it linked to the issue of what […]
Read More JJ 24 #46: Where’s The Treasure?There are significant stories that cover different media—television, cinema, comics, etc. These stories establish lore, and those who interact with them are applauded or derided depending on their contribution to the lore. As the story gets older, some see the need to refresh it or reboot it to appeal to modern trends. That task, however, […]
Read More JJ 24 #45: Keeping and Changing the StoryGive us this day, our daily bread. I am the Bread of Life. Jesus attends to the basic reality every human faces. We have got to eat. Some of us live in an age where we take that too far. We don’t know when to eat, we don’t know what to eat, and we end […]
Read More JJ 24 #44: We Have Got To EatIn the Bible, God talks. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It took Him six days, and He rested on the seventh day. For some, this has established the concept of the seven-day week and a pattern for those seven days: six days of work and the seventh for rest. There […]
Read More JJ 24 #43: Sabbath ContemplationsI said there was more previously on the connections between team play in football and the Church. The point I left with was that the Church thrives based on Jesus as the one who is key to it, knowing its instructions and effectively covering them, just like a football team flourishes on the basis of […]
Read More JJ 24 #42: This Will Take A Team – Part Two
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