Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. We are told that John made this proclamation and then after he was arrested, Jesus would declare the same statement. It is a fascinating one to consider. Made to an audience experiencing the rule of foreigners who hoped to free from that arrangement. Made to an […]
Read More An Announcement and An ActionThe Dryden Blog Conversation will soon reach edition number 50 and in anticipation of that, here’s a response to a question from August 2021, but now in audio form. Here’s my response to the issue of how Christianity influences political views. You can find more on that answer and related responses on issues of my […]
Read More A Dryden Conversation Revisited: Christianity and Political ViewsHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: C’est magnifique. I don’t bust out the French that often chiefly because it’s not a language I’ve needed in my everyday life over the past 28 years since completing two years of learning it at school in the thought that it would give me confidence in […]
Read More ADBC: 35 – How The Prime Of Life won’t Be the Death Of MeHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: When I ask my brother a question, I am assured that he’ll do the best that he can, but what that looks like can vary from entry to entry. Sometimes it’s just good. Sometimes it’s the usual excellent. Sometimes it reaches even greater levels than that. […]
Read More ADBC: 34 – Hate, Social Media and You Got A Problem With My History?Here’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: There are some things that people take for granted as the way of the world. My brother considered some of those things and ripped them to shreds concisely and clinically. The words spent on dismantling one particular area of normal life was a tremendous piece of […]
Read More ADBC: 33 – God Alone Can Fix The Mess We’ve MadeHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: When I was a boy growing up at home with my siblings and our parents, for a few years I was prone to cry relatively easily. It got to the point that it was a little concern to my Mum who encouraged me to save some […]
Read More ADBC: 32 – Music, God and If You Can Be FreeHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: My brother went to town on explaining the role of instruction and commanding in the home. I really believe a lot of what he’s shared in the series of the conversation collated would support people a lot with great wisdom when it comes to the dynamics […]
Read More ADBC: 31 – Welfare, Russia And The Three Are One, Right?Here’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: The dangerous connection between the fool and evil is uncovered in a way that truly needs to be appreciated today. The tangled web of hypocrisy regarding the use of the term political is revealed in a way that truly needs to be appreciated today. Then there’s […]
Read More ADBC: 30 – Let Me Tell You A Story About Telling StoriesHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: I don’t smoke. I have never smoked, so I don’t know really what it’s like. I have taken in the smoke of smokers and that’s been enough to trigger at least asthmatic agitations if not always full on asthma attacks. From that, it never came across […]
Read More ADBC: 29 – Idol of the System and a Matter of Legacy(This is part of the series exploring Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. You can catch up on the series so far by clicking here. This entry considers Paul’s writings to Timothy covered in 1 Timothy 5.) There are different metaphors used in scripture to represent the church. The church is referred to as being […]
Read More Paul & Sons: 07 – Family Matters
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