The way things are is not acceptable. We expect change. The Bible is a fascinating book in highlighting the sense in which the way things are can not be accepted. It also outlines, however, the kind of change to expect. Initially, that kind of change won’t necessarily go down too well for those who believe […]
Read More The Kind of Change We ExpectThis is a further entry in the ongoing blog conversation with my thoughtful and insightful brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: All I did was ask David a question about football players feeling the need to take a knee. That’s all I did. And David took that question and … well, seriously […]
Read More ADBC: 09 – Basis for Rule and What’s With The Good News?There were just half a dozen of them. Two married couples – Gary and Ruth along with John and Rachel and a young man called David and an elderly woman called Geraldine. They had professed to follow Jesus and were at various stages of their walk with Him. They had a love for Him and […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: The Light MovementSome things are a bit odd. Something amazing happened to you. You want me to know. Rather than being able to tell me yourself, you say I should come to a place where someone else will tell me for you, because he’s the expert in telling people what happened to you. What if you had […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: You Tell MeShe engaged in a conversation and looked to hear first and then on that basis share the good news for the other person could understand. He got down to the level of the person he was talking to and carefully and patiently shared with the other person the good news. Both conversations were good enough […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: What Did I See?It’s fascinating to see responses to godly instructions. There is a type of thinking that says that each situation should be judged on its own merits and so whenpeople hear what sounds like a universal principle, they look for the exception with those scenarios that start with the phrase, ‘what happens if …’. We look […]
Read More The Marks 15: Live at Peace with AllIt is different. To say that about what happens when we have an encounter of the divine kind through the sharing of the gospel is an understatement. It’s not just about associated feelings and a sense of something new taking place. A radical shift has happened that changes everything. Especially the way we think about […]
Read More It Is Different: A Word on PerspectiveWhy don’t you do something about it? You see the wickedness. You see the corruption. You see the pain. You see the devastation. You see the suffering. You see the oppression. You see the injustice. Why don’t you do something about it? Why don’t you just stop it all? Why don’t you just wipe out […]
Read More The OutcryYou beauty. As his foot made connection with the ball, the spherical object did not go in a straight direction. Oh no, it curved with majestic grace. It’s flight unhindered by the desperate efforts of the defensive wall and the clutching grasps of the goalkeeper. The sweet trajectory of that crucial element to the game […]
Read More You Beauty: Witness to His BrillianceDo not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Romans 12:16 Look down at others. Snooty. Snobbish. Sometimes you give them the benefit of your pity and your patronage. The poor people, you think, let them have some crumbs of comfort from my table. The poor, pathetic creatures. Let’s feel sorry for them from the […]
Read More The Marks 12: Don’t Be Haughty, Be With The Lowly
