Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Romans 12:9 Words. I love them. They do a wide variety of things to me. And when it comes to words I don’t use often, there is something in me that wants to find out about those words. For example, consider this word ‘abhor’. Now […]
Read More The Marks: 02 Hate What’s Evil; Cling To GoodThat’s great. It is one of the greatest books ever written. The movie was a blockbuster sparking a franchise that accumulated millions at the box office. The world’s press acclaimed the remarkable feat of reaching the top of that mountain range under such challenging circumstances. That’s great. That’s good. He remained faithful to his wife […]
Read More The Great and the GoodOn the surface Sarah’s moaning was justified. The circumstances had distinctly got worse. The level of challenge and abuse Sarah suffered had risen over the time. The level of support she needed had actually decreased. The pressure increased and she was expected to deliver better results with limited resources and more time taken up with […]
Read More His Presence: Succeeding in Trying TimesNever underestimate something useful. One understanding of the word goodness is usefulness. There is a word that is not given the kudos it deserves at times. It’s taken for granted because a number of useful things are considered to be standard fare for the life we live. Clothing, food, utensils, devices, systems, methods and techniques […]
Read More Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness (The Fruit Series 25)There are some situations in life which are simply unacceptable. Our capacity for acts of evil to each other is not something to be happy about and when we commit such acts there is no need to excuse it, overlook it or neglect it. Even forgiveness is an active response to it that suggests that […]
Read More Taking the GoodOK I admit it. The title for this blog post was deliberate to get attention, but not in a spurious way. Jose Mourinho. A character that evokes the range of emotions – delight and devotion from some, horror and revulsion from others. I have another blog where I can talk more about my views on […]
Read More Clarity, God and Jose MourinhoIt must be something to look at something in development and acknowledge that it’s good. Noting something like that hints at the ability to reflect, review and rate progress. Not only that, but if you’re going along and things are looking good there must be some sort of reaction connected with the good. A smile […]
Read More God In Creation: The God Who EnjoysThis is the final part of a short series of lessons I’ve come across whilst I’ve been on a walk. (Part One and Part Two can be found in clicking the links.) 1. Follow The Man Who Knows: Of course by ‘man’ that can refer to ‘woman’ as well. By this I am referring to […]
Read More Lessons Learnt On A Walk – Part ThreeEngaging with the question of the goodness of God brings me across this brief explanation of the issues concerned. I love these things because they are good visually and they are not comprehensive – if the answer was given in a minute, there wouldn’t be an ongoing deeper debate. At least it presents something to […]
Read More Is God Good?After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and told the good news that comes from God. He said, “The time has come! God’s kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:14, 15 – CEV) Reading this part of Mark bugged me. It bugged me for a […]
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