Jesus loved food. I am so glad that a lot of what Jesus did involved food and drink. It’s so basic to our existence it is the ideal avenue through which relationships can be built. It’s a brilliant point of service to share meals with those who hunger. It’s a great expression of fellowship as […]
Read More Say What You See: Delightful MealsThe word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” “I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied. The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.” Jeremiah 1:11-12 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son […]
Read More Say What You See: An IntroductionI appreciate there must be a reason for living. While I’m looking for that reason in each issue, I am also realising that God wants us to grow in wisdom day by day. It’s good getting the information, because it helps avoid seeing things as wasted. Even in mistakes and disappointments, there is space to […]
Read More Gaining Wisdom Day By DayBeing raised in a denomination heavily influenced how I saw church. It came as a huge shock to the system to discover that some of those views of church, were wrong. At best they were misguided, at worst they were dangerously arrogant, divisive and sectarian. Getting a peek at the effects of some of those […]
Read More What About The True Church?A group of us are making our way through the books of Kings. At present we’re looking at 2 Kings 3. I’m a big fan of prophets because of their tendency to be against the grain. What I find interesting is how Elisha is described: And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord […]
Read More Pouring Water On The HandsI appreciate that reading the Bible is not about slavishly following everything said there. I know the church I read about in the New Testament is not to be seen as perfection. If it was, there would be no need for the apostolic letters. It still baffles me, however, that clear indications of how church […]
Read More Reading And Seeing The GapsThey can sound so convincing. We live in a day and age when we want to hear things that are life affirming. We want to hear we can do it. We want to hear those words that let us soar and believe we are capable of great things. We can then feel a lot of […]
Read More Listening To The Wrong VoicesThe defiance in the statement ‘only God can judge me’ is to shut me up if I ever think it’s my place to point out what’s wrong with another person. That defiance says it matters not what my opinion is. The defiance says my voice is not valued if I dare be in any critical of […]
Read More Only God Can Judge Me1 Kings 20 is an interesting chapter for lots and lots of reasons. One that intrigued me was the advice Ben-Hadad got after their first defeat. Namely that the god of the Israelites was one of high places, so the next battle should be able on a plain where the Israelites should suffer. As the […]
Read More The God For All OccasionsHave you ever been in a job that got so tough, you just came to the conclusion it was time to quit? You may be able to have a degree of empathy for the situation Elijah found himself in. Having made a stand against the sinful King Ahab and his Baal-worshipping wife Queen Jezebel, Elijah […]
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