The mission of Christ was not to be served but to serve. That lays a template for those who follow Him to likewise have the heart of a servant – not a volunteer. The servant is at the beck and call of those who she serves. That is why we call Jesus, Lord. He calls […]
Read More Called To Be ServedI was just wondering again … Why are a lot of churches inclined to stick to ‘their own kind’ and not be multi-racial, multi-generational, multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual expression of the life-changing power of Jesus that celebrates the diversity of humanity in the oneness we share in Christ? Just wondering. Carry on. For His Name’s Sake […]
Read More Just Wondering … About The ChurchIt is remarkably humbling and liberating to engage in a conversation with the saints in Christ who have absolutely no idea what the answer is, and are humble enough to express that. It is sad to say that for some because they follow the One True God they somehow think they have all the One […]
Read More I’m Sorry I Don’t Have The AnswerHere’s a tricky thing about following Jesus. It can be an intensely personal and individual journey. To a large degree you’re responsible for your own development and commitment to Christ. When we are judged we won’t be able to blame church leaders and all that kinda jazz. We will be judged on individual grounds. Yet […]
Read More Be Careful Lest They FallI haven’t blogged in a while. The posts that have been on here recently have been ones I’d scheduled a while ago. The reason for that is mainly because I’m not well. If it were a flu-type thing, that would be easy to ascertain and deal with. Yet the ailment is not a physical one, […]
Read More Doing My Head InSomething has been bothering me. Someone I knwo who to all intents and purposes portrays commendable qualities and attributes that any Christian would seek to imitate confessed that they had found abundant life elusive. True happiness had been missing for decades and they had rather been more acquainted with grief, barrenness, loneliness and isolation. Shouldn’t […]
Read More Shouldn’t We Care?There I was minding my own business when I came across this article on the welfare system across the pond. I would not class myself as an anarchist, I would not even say I sign up to the ethos of what Jesus Radical is all about. The reason I read it is because of entries […]
Read More Mutuality and Personal ResponsibilityI love God for putting in my life beautiful people who helped me to deal with real issues from the perspective of being nothing but real. Real with God, real with the close loved ones and real with myself. When I had marital issues, these people didn’t fudge around the issue and talk in buzzwords […]
Read More Dealing With Real IssuesI read a brilliant tweet from Frank Viola (@FrankViola) this evening which was a quote from Ronald Reagan that said the following. “Status Quo is Latin for the mess we’re in!” Of course my small political comment would be that administrations such as his, Carter’s, Bush’s, Clinton’s and now Obama’s for all their nice words […]
Read More The Agitation And Irritation Of RighteousnessFollowing yesterday’s entry on self-control being more about God-control and its application in every stage of life, I had another thought. (“Uh oh”, I hear you sigh. It’s alright, I don’t get these thoughts all the time, sometimes I think about other stuff like when am I going to start on the Chicken & Vegetable […]
Read More Glory To God: The War Cry
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