Welcome to Oxymoron Of The Day (OOTD). There are a combination of words that are patently contradictory, it is sometimes good to expose these for the oxymorons they are. Privatised Faith: Is What? I remember an incident, when I was in my early teens. A friend of the family was visiting and we talked about […]
Read More OOTD: Privatised FaithWelcome to Oxymoron Of The Day (OOTD). There are a combination of words that are patently contradictory, it is sometimes good to expose these for the oxymorons they are. Convenient Christianity: Is What? There is a way in which the gospel is presented that makes it centred on the human. When it’s presented that way, […]
Read More OOTD: Convenient ChristianityThere is a difference between a skilled person using their skills well, being known for that skill but with a character that lacks and a person who may not have outstanding skills but commits their life to having an outstanding character. The end of the life of Asa is tragic. Tragic because of the character […]
Read More The Rise and Fall of Asa: 5 – A Wholehearted Life for the GiverWouldn’t it be tragic if you trained for so long and put in the hours of performance in a competition that turned out to be the wrong one. You might not think that would happen. Surely someone would notice and correct things. No one would persist competing in the wrong race. Surely not. Reality is […]
Read More On The Run: EpilogueWhat’s with this On The Run series of posts, Christopher? Are you dodging someone? Have the authorities caught up with you? There was a bit of what the Apostle Paul said to his son in the faith, Timothy, that made me stop and pay close attention to it and myself. There is something about this […]
Read More On The Run: Running For Your LifeSometimes we get ourselves in a situation we can’t get out of. So mired in circumstances and mental conditions that coping mechanisms are all we have. In the middle of all that I am grateful that the good news is about God seeing that condition did something about it. Doing something we could never do […]
Read More On The Run: The Home RunThe route was a familiar one, carved and conditioned over time. Something would happen to upset me and I The running continues)would set off to run in that direction, on that route to that destination. It became automatic. I would make the run to that place and before long I would nestle again into that […]
Read More On The Run: The Old RunI used to run when I was younger. I ran with my siblings and our friends playing in the estate that we grew up in. When I was a little older, I ran because I was good at it in the shorter distances. It made me useful for the rugby and I had one or […]
Read More On The Run: PrologueCain was expected to look after his brother and killed him. Killed him out of anger, killed him out of jealousy, killed him through ignoring the call of God to deal with his own issues rather than taking it out on his brother. Whatever you think of the historicity of the episode in scripture, there […]
Read More Keeping a BrotherThere it is. The first signs of growth. Bursting through the soil reaching tentatively to the sun. There are so many factors going against it. What if there are is an adverse climate? What if the surroundings are made hostile? Perhaps a rodent or pest may trample it down before it ever has a chance […]
Read More The Plant: Fragile to Flourish
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