I don’t think we have it right when it comes to discipline. One aspect almost bends over backwards to avoid conflict and upsetting people. It is virtually no discipline at all. It is far too lax. The other approach is virtually a brutal infliction of aggressive force to bring about submissive cooperation. Of course there […]
Read More You Are The Treasure That I SeekShe gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” (Genesis 16:13) Why I love the episodes in scripture is that they are real. When I say real. I appreciate that people don’t often make a […]
Read More Genesis: 16 – What Happens When You Make Alternative ArrangementsIt is a very weird thing finding out your usually reliable Dad, doesn’t know. My Dad never held himself up as the standard of all truth. Indeed, he is the best example I have seen of someone aware that there is so much more in life to learn. But back in the day, being small […]
Read More We Don’t Have It (All) RightHow are you? What an interesting question. One I am not keen on, because normally either there is insufficient time to answer it properly, or there is insufficient interest from the person asking it to make it worthwhile. A beautiful thing about blogging, though, is that both factors don’t come into play at all, especially […]
Read More The State You’re InI am not a cook. It is thus a blessing to be surrounded by outstanding cooks. I cannot justifiably complain about this fact. That means come dinner time more often than not, I am in for a treat. As I was brought up my loving parents, I was instructed that it was good manners to […]
Read More Something About Praise and ThanksgivingAbram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring[c] I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to […]
Read More Genesis: 12 – Call And ResponseThe Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” (Genesis 11:6, 7) Some might think that God comes off as a […]
Read More Genesis: 11 – Communication Breakdown It’s All About The MotiveAre you still with us? I remember getting asked that question by a church leader. He was interested to see if we were still committed to the project. What happened, however, was that there was a confusion between the effort for the Kingdom and the desire to build an empire. In as much as there […]
Read More Committed To The EffortThen Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is […]
Read More Genesis: 8 – The Sweet Aroma of ThanksgivingOne of the things I like about blogging is the ability to categorise. It’s interesting noting which categories have the most blogs, it’s a good indicator of what I like to blog about that. One of those categories is Relationships. This evening I was reminded why it is such an important issue to write about. […]
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