“Come out with your hands up. We have you surrounded. There’s no point in trying to escape, we will get you. It’s only a matter of time. Give yourself up now and we might go easy on you,” Back in the day, growing up, I did enjoy watching dramas and action programmes or films with […]
Read More Faith When Under SiegeBasing life purely off what your senses pick up must be quite draining. Really and truly we don’t just base life off that. There are some things that support that. There are some ideas that underpin our views, even if they’re mixed and somewhat confused if you were to consider them carefully. There might be […]
Read More You’re Better Off Believing?There is a sort of intellectual agnosticism that has a problem with some expressions of faith. It is not outright atheism because it is not so committed to ruling out divine influences. Its content knowing that there’s things beyond its understanding. Maybe there’s divinity somewhere, maybe not, but they don’t get hung up on it. […]
Read More Is It The Hope That Kills You?Consistency. Before I appreciated faithfulness, there was the term consistency. My Dad is the first model of consistency I have. Subsequently I’d appreciate the faithfulness too, but it was the consistency at first. Certain things would be done every day. Certain things would be done every week. Certain characteristics could be expected in response to […]
Read More Celebrating Consistency: A Blog RetrospectiveThere is a God. He is good. He creates. He sustains. He judges. Some do not agree with this. They don’t get the first statement. They struggle with the second concept. They can’t wrap their head around the third statement. That fourth statement has them a little perplexed because they’ve already been finding it difficult […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: My Five Fundamental BeliefsOne of the biggest miracles that God effects in life is changing your desire. There is plenty of evidence in scripture that you can take people out of a sinful situation but that doesn’t mean the sinful situation leaves the people. Similarly people get excited about ‘being saved’, but there’s still the issue of our […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Changing the DesireIt’s not that she forgot. From time to time she has those twinges of the old feelings. Yet now when she has those moments, she has a greater memory. She has a memory of how Jesus was real and true. That His promise to heal her was nothing hokey. She experienced the scars, but He […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: He Didn’t Take The Scar, But He Took The PainWhat could she do with the pain? She was told that she could give it to Jesus. She could give it to Him because He died for her, He died for the very factors that led to the pain she felt. He died because He wanted to replace that hurt and that pain with His […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Give Him The PainThe individualistic impulse is very strong. The presentation of discipleship just being about ‘me and Jesus’ is very appealing. And although every so often a group of people gather in the same locality, it’s intriguing to see if they actually feel like they’re together. Is there any sense in which it’s not ‘me and Jesus’ […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Together Ain’t EasyWhen I come across themes repeated in scripture it indicates that the theme is important and it’s not always easily retained. Prayer is one of the best gifts given for a growing relationship with God. The examples we have in scipture of prayer bear that out. I don’t think praying is easy. Especially if you’ve […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Praying Ain’t Easy
