Do we really value human life? There is enough incendiary material on the issue of abortion, infanticide, capital punishment and euthanasia to keep a fire stoked for a lifetime. These might not be the only life and death and choice issues, but they certainly dominate some people’s thinking when it comes to the matter of […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (9): Valuing LifeThe question asked was about the greatest. If you asked me who is the greatest footballer at the moment and I said Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, you would inform me that I haven’t answered the question. Which is the greatest. If you asked me about the greatest boxer of all time and I said […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (6): The Second is Like the FirstThere’s a bit of a run going with the series of entries of recent weeks. That run will continue in the coming days. It’s worth just putting in a brief word here to give an update on how things are with me. First up, it’s worth thanking God that life for me at the moment […]
Read More Hello November – A Dryden UpdateThere can be only one. Wandering eyes. It doesn’t take much anymore and the reality remains to a degree we are all susceptible. It doesn’t have to be about people, it’s all about loyalty in the things that matter. You can be on a good thing and all of a sudden a suggestion or two […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (3): Love God … You Will Have No Other GodsYou ever got the impression that someone was just going through the motions. Like they weren’t even really feeling it? I have. I watch some performances in films and some of them look to be really lethargic. I have seen some games of football where one or two of the players have put in a […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (2): Love God … With All Your Heart, Soul, And MindI remember growing up having to memorise the Ten Commandments. It appeared a bit odd then, to hear Jesus expressing the two greatest commandments apparently not being one of the Ten. It appeared odd until someone showed me that the whole of the Law rested on these two commandments. All the Law. Indeed the Ten […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (1): You Will Love The Lord Your God …Peter believed that love was essential to knowing Jesus. It was the crowning quality essential in knowing Jesus. Like all the others, if you didn’t have this quality and increased in it then you would be unproductive and unfruitful in the only pursuit in life worth having. A good friend and I were considering the […]
Read More Add To Your Brotherly Love – LoveYou know brotherly love. Honestly. You know it. Yet there is more to know about it. You don’t even need to have a brother to know brotherly love. You don’t even need to be male to know brotherly love. When Peter encourages his readers to add brotherly love, he could have been referring to the […]
Read More Add To Your Godliness – Brotherly LoveThe issue of adding godliness so that you’re not unfruitful in knowing Jesus is one of the most obvious connections ever. It really is. So, unsurprisingly, in as much as it is that obvious, in all our love for Jesus and giving Him thanks for all He’s done for us, there is still missing the […]
Read More Add To Your Perseverance – GodlinessThere are some themes in scripture that I didn’t pick up on until someone brings it to my attention. So here’s your challenge. Consider the writings in the New Testament. Gospels, Acts, Paul letters, Peter letters, James letter, Hebrews, John letters and the letter of Jude. Find one writer who doesn’t mention perseverance. Go ahead. […]
Read More Add To Your Self-Control – Perseverance
