(Reflections on the sign of Jesus healing the official’s son found in John 5:1-17. This is part of the Seven Signs series, click here to catch up on other parts in the series.) The condition and the culture. This sign highlights how Jesus changes both the condition and the culture for Kingdom purposes. When Jesus saw him […]
Read More Seven Signs: Pick Up Your Mat and Walk(Reflections and notes on Ruth 1. To find out more about the series of Ruth Reflections, read this.) You can listen to the book of Ruth read to you in roughly 15 minutes. What’s that? Hardly any time at all. Reading the whole book shouldn’t take that much out of your life. Meditating on it, […]
Read More Ruth Reflections: 02 – When Things Go Wrong(Reflections on the sign of Jesus healing the official’s son found in John 4:46-54. This is part of the Seven Signs series, click here to catch up on other parts in the series.) There is Jesus. There is a father. There is a son. There are witnesses. The son is sick and close to death. […]
Read More Seven Signs: The Son LivesSeven years ago, it was my pleasure to blog through the book of the gospel according to John a chapter a day. Having finished a series on the seven churches that John is instructed to write to in Revelation, it just felt timely to follow that up with another set of sevens that John writes […]
Read More Seven Signs: Introduction(Reflections and notes on Jesus’ words to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7-13. Explore the previous parts of this series.) There may be trouble ahead, is the start ot a famous old song. Jesus knows full well that for all those who put their trust in Him they can expect trouble ahead. His offering in […]
Read More What The Spirit Says … 10 Philadelphia: Faithful For The Open Door(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 TimesThere is something about the life of following Jesus that brings about dry seasons at times. OK, I say that based on my experience and maybe one or two other followers that I’ve come across and read about. Maybe the super spiritual types don’t experience that and are just on fire for Jesus all the […]
Read More Refresh, Revive, Renew and RestoreDear Loving, Righteous, Heavenly Father: When I don’t know what to do, my eyes are on You. Seasons come and seasons go and it’s so easy to miss the flow whilst looking to settle in what appears to be for the moment and not moving on from that. I hear You when You talk about […]
Read More My Eyes Are On YouThis is part of an ongoing blog conversation with my brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: David gave a fascinating insight into whether justice is a value worth pursuing. It’s a really great piece of writing that I commend to you. As you read that you’ll note my brother making reference to […]
Read More ADBC: 04 – Political Views(Reflections on the context for the letter to the seven churches in Revelation 1-3. Catch up on the series so far by reading part one as well as part two in the series so far.) “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and […]
Read More What The Spirit Says … 03 Three Factors to Consider
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