In the Bible, God talks. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It took Him six days, and He rested on the seventh day. For some, this has established the concept of the seven-day week and a pattern for those seven days: six days of work and the seventh for rest. There […]
Read More JJ 24 #43: Sabbath ContemplationsI said there was more previously on the connections between team play in football and the Church. The point I left with was that the Church thrives based on Jesus as the one who is key to it, knowing its instructions and effectively covering them, just like a football team flourishes on the basis of […]
Read More JJ 24 #42: This Will Take A Team – Part TwoWhen you thought it was safe to avoid a blog conveniently making analogies related to football to coincide with the Euros and Copa America, here I am with another analogy about football. There are so many connections between football and discipleship that it wouldn’t take much for me to make a gospel connection with any […]
Read More JJ 24 #41: This Will Take A Team – Part OneWhat a goal! Different roles and positions are involved in the sport commonly known as football, which some call “soccer” (I’m praying for you). The game is about attack and defence. The defence is to stop goals from being conceded. That requires discipline, organisation, focus, understanding and an alert team approach. There’s a lot to […]
Read More JJ 24 #40: Celebrating CreativityIt’s a profound understanding to reach. God created you individually, each one of you a unique masterpiece, and He knew exactly what He was doing when He did that. He knows and relates to you for who He created you to be. At the same time, you are part of something more than yourself and […]
Read More JJ 24 #38: Part of the ProjectThe Bible. The most important collection of documents available to humanity is also the most vulnerable to misuse, abuse, and, worse still, neglect. My Dad was upstairs in his room night after night. He wasn’t bothered with television. He couldn’t be bothered with the radio either. Night after night, he could devote his time to […]
Read More JJ 24 #36: A Word about the WordMy hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus’ name (Edward Mote) I sang the lines to this song many times in my formative years at church. It’s a good link to Jesus’s statement at the end of His teaching […]
Read More JJ 24 #35: All Other Ground …Trust. I keep returning to this word and value it more and more with each passing day. I don’t dismiss the term “love,” and I understand why people get so hung up on it. To me, though, trust is a more important term. I hear people give away the word love cheaply when they say […]
Read More JJ 24 #34: A Matter of TrustThere was a time when the mobile device was viewed with suspicion and scepticism. I know—hard to believe, right? But it’s a true story. Some suggested that it could lead to the breakdown of society. Those doom merchants had similar things to say about many technological advances over the last few decades. It’s interesting to […]
Read More JJ 24 #24: PromptlyI cannot remember a time when I didn’t love words. Every memory I have is heavily informed by words, and as someone deeply invested in them, it’s no surprise that I’m heavily biased about them. There was a phase when I was into using the words to make notes of ideas for films and television […]
Read More JJ 24 #23: The Words Are For …
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