It’s for decoration. That was the explanation for it. A tall glass cabinet housed dishes with carefully and beautifully designed patterns and pictures. The dishes, I was reliably informed, were there for decoration. It was the sign that this house had class and a dash of affluence. No one would ever use those plates to […]
Read More Function FactorsPlaydough – I think that’s what it’s called – is the substance used back in the day at school to make various shapes. It was all done by hand, tweaking and nudges, then setting so it would look recognisable or, in my case, totally unrecognisable. It was good fun playing with it, and so it […]
Read More Do Not Be Conformed …Time. Days, hours, minutes and seconds. Flowing relentlessly whether we like it or not. Sometimes we like it, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes I like it. Sometimes I don’t. I acknowledge that this is the reality of my experience of life. The constant is that time passes. I make the most of it when I treat […]
Read More Dryden Update: Year’s EndKey Episode Scripture: Luke 24 and Acts 1-2 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awecame upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 40: I Send You: ConsequencesKey Episode Scripture: Luke 24 and Acts 1-2 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified. (Acts 2:36 ESVUK) Death was defeated, just like He said. Sins are forgiven, just like He said. He’s seated with His Father, just like He said. […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 39: I Send You: ConclusionsKey Episode Scripture: Luke 24 and Acts 1-2 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8 ESVUK) The Father desired a family. The Son was sent to establish the brethren. The Spirit was […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 38: I Send You: ConceptsKey Episode Scripture: Luke 24 and Acts 1-2 Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. (Luke 24:46-48 ESVUK) Good news: He is not dead – He is risen. […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 37: I Send You: ContentKey Episode Scripture: Luke 24 and Acts 1-2 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. (Luke 24:1 ESVUK) It’s a new day. It’s a new week. It’s a new chapter in God’s mission. This new chapter starts with events that marvel […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 36: I Send You: ContextKey Episode Scripture: Matthew 3-4 and Luke 3-4 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:43 ESVUK) Jesus did not cheat. He was the Son of God, affirmed and approved as coming from the divine, yet He took on the form of a servant; He learnt obedience through […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 35: Mission Prep: ConsequencesKey Episode Scripture: Matthew 3-4 and Luke 3-4 I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was sent for this purpose. (Luke 4:43 ESVUK) No one fulfilled God’s mission like the Son of God. No one gives a better insight into delivering the message, mission, […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 34: Mission Prep: Conclusions
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