Category: Covetousness

Journeyman Journal – Desire

“You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbour’s.” (Exodus 20:17) My contention is of the tenth commandment is that of all the ten commandments it is the one that […]

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When God Calls Someone A Fool

Fool. I remember first coming across that term when the character in The A-Team called B. A. Baracus used it usually to Murdock. It hardly sounded like a positive term of reference. (Neither did being called a ‘sucka’, which is knowledge I retained for use at school which met with mixed reactions. Some laughed at […]

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Keeping It Simple

Imagine having everything you ever wanted.  Like me you might have a wish-list that’s useful for when people want to get you a birthday present.  Multiply all those kind of wishes and just envisage getting it all. Now ask yourself this question.  Am I now satisfied? Chances are, if you take the challenge seriously and […]

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Talking Point: Beware Covetousness

I recall reciting the 10 Commandments on a regular basis. In the church community that I engaged with whilst living in Stoke-on-Trent it was a weekly ritual that even the children had to engage in.  Being old school, we recited the KJV deal of the Decalogue which promised much mirth for the children and young […]

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Contentment

My youngest daughter Zoë is 8 months old and as long as she is fed and changed at the appropriate times she is the very picture of contentment. She is not as sophisticated as her sisters who are now aware of the ‘treats’ economy and are already developing their own agenda for what they want […]

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