Paul encourages the church in Corinth something rather interesting. In 1 Corinthians 15:51 Paul says that not everyone will sleep but they shall all be changed. Of course that promise doesn’t mean much until we appreciate what we’re being changed from and we’re being changed to. The contrasts given are stunning – death to imperishable […]
Read More We Will All Be ChangedYou may not think it at the time, but having an inferiority is one of the most defiant and stubborn positions you can take. The most tragic thing about the inferiority position is that it is based on false information. What doesn’t help is when people bring in the term humility to suggest that this […]
Read More Another Word on InferiorityHumbly walking before God leaves no room for pride. I don’t presume to put my name in a blog entry because usually it’s not necessary. Indeed at the end of the day it’s not even about what I think about pride, it’s about what God thinks about it. Yet I felt it was good to […]
Read More Dryden On PrideI think often my perplexed state is due to forgetting what I was told. Here’s how it works. My beloved wife requires her morning cup of coffee. I get out of bed, grab my phone, find a tune to listen to. Whilst looking Deborah, my dear firstborn bids me a good morning and wonders if […]
Read More Wondering What To DoIt’s interesting. People love the concept of freedom, but don’t like the thought of surrender. People would welcome peace and justice, but wouldn’t necessarily be as warm towards submission. Yet Jesus who brought freedom and showed the way of peace is the chief example of someone who submitted and displayed a willingness to surrender that […]
Read More Complete SurrenderYou ever hear some statements that make you sit up and pay attention? One of those statements goes as follows: you can take the boy out of the town, but you can’t get the town out of the boy. That’s a brilliant sentiment. It speaks of how deeply embedded familiar values are in the ‘boy’ […]
Read More You Can Take The Son Out Of The Kingdom …It’s not always easy. Sometimes it’s very hard and when the pressures hits at all angles it’s difficult to find consolation or some outlet to relieve the pressure. For me I used to have outlets but it has got to the point where even these prove to be inadequate to deal with the issues cracking […]
Read More The Word As A ComfortThere are things I have expected from sources that I have grown to feel comfortable expecting things. What I recognise again this week is that God is not confined to working through my norms. I am reminded of how ravens fed Elijah when he was feeling the intimidation following Jezebel’s death threats – that was […]
Read More The Great God Is Not Confined To Our NormsThe role of a servant can be trivialised and made to seem of little to no importance. Yet there is something about the role of serving the needs of others that has a rich reward, sometimes far greater than whatever the experience for the one who has been served. There are precious times when I […]
Read More Take Pleasure in ServingHunger was the most basic need God addressed from the beginning. It’s incredible of all the various wants and needs developed since then and from then it remains the basic need of the human experience. Whether it’s mental stimulation or sexual gratification it can all be classed as a form of ‘hunger’ that needs feeding. […]
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