One of the things I appreciate about good friends is how they refresh my perspective on a matter. For example, one good friend of mine asked me recently what do I do for a job. I said nothing. He looked at me quizzically and asked me to list the things I did in a day. […]
Read More Escape from Work and Escape for WorkWhen Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.” (1 Samuel 9:17) “We want a king, just like our neighbours!” the people demanded, so God let them have it. In letting them have it, that was not to […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 09 – When Samuel Met SaulIt was a very special service. A woman had come up and shared a powerful testimony of how she was miraculously healed of a seriously debilitating illness that had her on a lot of medication that did little to rid her of the excruciating pain. The testimony was so touching that there was a recognition […]
Read More Healing HeartbreakBut the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” (1 Samuel 8:19-20 NIV) Samuel took it personally. After years of his wise […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 08 – Rejecting the KingAnother challenging video from Caesar Kalinowski to consider carefully. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Is The Church Guilty of False Advertising?Yeah, when I read the word I could only remember A Christmas Carol and Ebenezer Scrooge. (In fact there was also a house tune that had a line that said ‘He’s a scrooge, He’s a scrooge, He’s Ebenezer Scrooge.’ Not that I was into house music much in the past, but a good friend of mine […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 07 – EbenezerMake models of the tumors and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land. Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them, did they […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 06 – Return of the ArkThere’s a word that I hear often and it’s really annoying. That word is ‘lucky’. I know where people are coming from when they say it. What bugs me about it is that it fails to recognise the source of credit for the things that happen to us for which we are not directly responsible.. […]
Read More More about GraceThere was a thinking in the day that said that the battle of nations was also a battle of the gods. It’s not too dissimilar to the thought that the Cold War of the second half of the 20th Century was about whose nation’s god/idea was greater capitalism or communism. Thus when one nation conquered […]
Read More Sam’s 1st Epic 05 – Whose God is Greater?This is a very powerful talk by someone I hardly know, but whose words have left an indelible mark on me. For His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
Read More Brennan Manning – God Loves You As You Are, Not As You Should Be
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