I love getting wisdom from those who speak it and offer it. So it’s no surprise that I was intrigued by this piece of wisdom. It sounds like a cruel quip demeaning the state of wisdom of someone else. Notice, however, how there’s wisdom in it. That wisdom is this – until you know what […]
Read More About That Quote: Do You Need To Say That?(Reflections and notes on Daniel 3 – the series so far had an introduction before considering the way Daniel and his friends settled in the strange land and in the last episode there were explorations in how the righteous emerged from a ridiculous situation.) It is an incredible story to read for a number of […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 04 – Through The FireI am having a blog conversation with my brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation, David responded to my question about the basis for societal law. Once he did that, you’ll note, he asked two questions: Q: Where would the basis of so-called ‘secular law’ come from in a Christian system amongst non-Jewish […]
Read More ADBC: 03 – Standards and the SpiritApparently a few cars back there was an incident featuring a couple of drivers possibly having a squabble that might have been serious. That was a few cars back though. Yet in the car we were in, it was a great drama. The driver jumped out of her skin and a great fuss was raised […]
Read More It’s Not Your DramaPrayer is fundamental to the Christian life. The nature of prayer and how we grow in prayer isn’t something that is always given due diligence. It’s not uncommon for churches to experience something of a lack of interest in prayer especially corporately, which some may suggest reflects something of a lack of interest in prayer […]
Read More Dryden Links: Wise Words on Prayer(Reflections on the context for the letter to the seven churches in Revelation 1-3. Catch up on the series so far by reading part one as well as part two in the series so far.) “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and […]
Read More What The Spirit Says … 03 Three Factors to Consider(Reflections and notes on Daniel 2 – click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2 of the series so far.) Nebuchadnezzar, to all intents and purposes is the most powerful man in the known world as far as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah are concerned. He oversees a kingdom that spans a fair […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 03 – Who Rules? The Ridiculous and the RighteousYou will get the impresion before too long that I love words. I produce writing because I consume writing – you know, the words that others have written. I know plenty of folks are just into the consuming, but what I consume inspires me to produce. It doesn’t necessarily inspire me to produce all the […]
Read More Dryden Links: Lessons in Marriage(Notes and Reflections on Revelation 1 – for the prelude to the series, click here.) Revelation 1 is an insight into what we’re about to receive from the rest of this text. We are introduced to John, but it’s clear in the early parts of this letter that John is taking notes from what someone […]
Read More What The Spirit Says … 02 A Remarkable VisionThere are few things in life as wonderful, refreshing and invigorating as seeing someone do something to an excellent standard. It is sad that often, for a wide range of reasons, we are somewhat cultured to accept that which is less than excellent, so that the excellent is soething of a rarity. It’s sad, because […]
Read More About That Quote: On Excellence
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