What would happen if certain key elements and foundational pillars of our life framework turned out to be false? What if certain things we had assumed since we were born and had never questioned turned out to be wrong – and not only wrong but actually hazardous to our health? I wonder sometimes if part […]
Read More Insights From Mark – Under DeconstructionSo another month is upon us and this is a Bank Holiday Monday so technically I’ve been able to enjoy a day off work. Key words in that statement ‘technically’ and ‘enjoy’. For all that I’m enjoying life at present, despite some bad health of late, I remain in the land of the living. I’ve […]
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Read More Mark 1Robert Morey has a look at what it means to ‘defend the faith’. I’m keen on these kind of explanations, because they are a help in not just getting what might be an answer, but getting to grips with what scripture itself means and how that applies to how we live in the light of […]
Read More Jude 3 ExplainedCharm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. (Proverbs 31:30) The purpose of Proverbs is for readers to recognise what it takes to be and speak wise and thus aspire to wisdom above everything. Throughout the book it has not been an exercise of the head, but a commitment on […]
Read More MTP31 – The Foundation of WisdomThe eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. (Proverbs 30:17) Respecting our parents is the first command with promise, outside of commands relating to our relationship with God, this is the first issue that God gives us. Parents […]
Read More MTP30 – Valuing HeritageMany seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that one gets justice. (Proverbs 29:26) It is right and proper to acknowledge those over us and wisdom does not suggest we seek to take matters into our own hands for our own sense of justice which is often thinly disguised vengeance. Yet […]
Read More MTP29 – Where Real Justice Comes FromThe stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them. (Proverbs 28:22) Stingy people. Ever come across them? Eager to keep stuff to themselves. Conveniently never have anything to offer in the hope that they can amass it for themselves. The wisdom of this proverb is profound. It is not just material […]
Read More MTP28 – The Fate Of The StingyDo not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. (Proverbs 27:1) Making the most of the present is a gift that saves a lot of hassle both from past actions and especially from future preoccupations. Failure to appreciate the present and go swanning off into what we expect to happen […]
Read More MTP27 – Tomorrow, TomorrowA sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly. (Proverbs 26:16) There is no one beyond the reach of God. As long as you’re human, God can reach you. Having said that, although God can reach them, it is sometimes the case that the efforts of mere mortals will not reach […]
Read More MTP26 – There’s Just No Helping Some People
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