From that time, Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17 ESVUK) There’s a wonderful word to get someone’s attention in the area where I grew up in England. That word is “Oi!” Even typing it makes me chuckle as I recall the times hearing it. It’s not […]
Read More OTKC 02: RepentYou are here. This is you. This is what you do. Yet there is where you’re heading, that is what you aim for, that is what you want to do. You know this. Yet you persist in doing what you’re doing here as though it will get you there. No. To get from here to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Need For AdjustmentsThe credits. Whether it was a drama or a documentary I was keen to see who was in the credits. Not because I knew everyone in there, but just in case there were recurring featured individuals. I was always intrigued with how they ordered the cast of characters. Which characters were considered mor important, which […]
Read More Dryden Thanks 2022: Cast of CharactersIt resounded loudly in my head. This is the last Sunday of the year. Sunday is the first day of the week. Sure, some might have wanted to shift that to another day, but my understanding of the structure of the week always considered the week to start on Sunday. Faithfully over the year God […]
Read More Dryden Thanks 2022: Changes and DevelopmentsIt is not good enough to apply the old thinking to the new day. There is plenty to treasure from the old season and there’s plenty to learn to help, but this new season requires a new mentality. Open to receive whatever the new season has to offer, keen to receive, discern, and apply. With […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: New Season MentalityWe are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. we are sent. There is that stage in a relationship with God where it’s not just the amazing news that Jesus died for us to have a right relationship with the Father. That remains true and that is important to the relationship. There is […]
Read More We Are SentThe way things are is not acceptable. We expect change. The Bible is a fascinating book in highlighting the sense in which the way things are can not be accepted. It also outlines, however, the kind of change to expect. Initially, that kind of change won’t necessarily go down too well for those who believe […]
Read More The Kind of Change We ExpectThis is a further entry in the ongoing blog conversation with the Dryden brother of our sister Ruth preferred by all with taste, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: Stevie Wonder is one of my favourite musicians and among other songs, he wrote, produced and sang the track called Evil on his Music […]
Read More ADBC: 15 – Changes and the Children(Reflections and notes on Daniel 6. The series so far had an introduction before considering the way Daniel and his friends settled in the strange land. This was followed by explorations in how the righteous emerged from a ridiculous situation. This was the set up for the trial by fiery furnace that was contemplated. The series then considered the pride of Nebuchadnezzar was brought […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 07 – Faithful in Changing TimesYou ever thought that you could do with an upgrade? Some puruse that in a bid to keep up with everyone else who has the latest model. Others, however, are far more concerned with recognising that to complete their necessary operations and to flourish, they cannot stay where they are. God blessed me with three […]
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