It’s interesting to see which blog entries stand on their own and which are part of the series. If you had asked me before writing this, I would have said that the vast majority of what I write stands on its own. It’s interesting to check again and see that there are a significant number […]
Read More 20 for 20 #3 Say What You SeeThen you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and consecrate it and all its furniture, so that it may become holy. (Exodus 40:9) Physical acts and spiritual realities. People refer to the symbolism of certain acts. As though it’s not really what’s going on outside that matters, […]
Read More JJ25 #09 – Anoint and Consecrate So It May Become HolyGoing through the minor prophets gives me an appreciation for how important it is to feel and hear the heart of God in relating to His people. There’s a kind of mentality in approaching the Old and New Testament. It gives the impression of a more kind and caring fatherly God in the New Testament […]
Read More Love and JudgementThe Edom Complex was not something that just affected Edom. Others were quick to exploit the downfall of Israel. It’s one thing for a country to receive it’s proper judgement in line with their own unfaithfulness to God. It’s one thing for that to happen. It’s another thing, however, to be quick to swoop on […]
Read More MWTM: Obadiah Part 2 – Treat Them RightThe character of Jesus is marked by humility. That character was marked by an activity of serving. Serving His Father and serving others. Indeed He served others for the sake of His Father and how He served others reflected His desire to be pleasing to His Father. It was a remarkable quality for the one […]
Read More Holy Habits: ServeExploring this particular habit is very close to my heart for a lot of reasons. The first thing to address, though, is about the holy habits themselves. There are some things we develop and cultivate rather simply and easily. There are parallels between a number of natural habits and holy habits. For example it doesn’t […]
Read More Holy Habits: WordA group of us met recently to look at the issue of prayer. A simple question was asked as to what was the stereotypical perspective on prayer. In the group was a range of ages from the very young to the not so very young and the responses that came back were to be expected. […]
Read More Holy Habits: PrayerIf Jesus gets in on the act of praise as a common activity, it makes sense that praise is a holy habit. When I think of what it is to praise and the heart from which it comes, there are a lot of good reasons why praise is an essential holy habit. I asked my […]
Read More Holy Habits: PraiseI love The Bible Project and their efforts to explain biblical themes in the manner they do. This video about holiness had me intrigued the first time I watched it. What any good teaching does for me is it leads me back to God in His Word. This video said something profound about Jesus and […]
Read More Holy Habits: A Picture of what it is to be HolyLately I have been considering the issue of holy habits and shared a little about it by way of a prelude. It is my intention to get into the habits in more detail as the blog entries come and go. At the moment though, I want to delve a little bit further into the issue […]
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