There’s a very intriguing episode in the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Unlike their northern neighbours, their run of kings was not all those who displeased God. There were a few who were said to be pleasing to God, almost at a similar level to King David’s standard. One in particular, however, was called Joash. In […]
Read More JJ 24 #48: New Operating SystemYou can be healed. It’s given to extremes. One extreme cancels it out altogether. They profess faith in God and stand by the Bible ardently regarding morality and the quest to affirm the primacy of Jesus. It’s just that they think it stopped when the apostles died out. The other extreme insists that it should […]
Read More JJ 24 #47: There’s HealingWherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. (Matthew 6:21) Jesus presents us with options. We can store up treasures on earth or in heaven. What does that look like? Is it just an issue of what we use our money for? Is it linked to the issue of what […]
Read More JJ 24 #46: Where’s The Treasure?There are significant stories that cover different media—television, cinema, comics, etc. These stories establish lore, and those who interact with them are applauded or derided depending on their contribution to the lore. As the story gets older, some see the need to refresh it or reboot it to appeal to modern trends. That task, however, […]
Read More JJ 24 #45: Keeping and Changing the StoryGive us this day, our daily bread. I am the Bread of Life. Jesus attends to the basic reality every human faces. We have got to eat. Some of us live in an age where we take that too far. We don’t know when to eat, we don’t know what to eat, and we end […]
Read More JJ 24 #44: We Have Got To EatIn the Bible, God talks. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It took Him six days, and He rested on the seventh day. For some, this has established the concept of the seven-day week and a pattern for those seven days: six days of work and the seventh for rest. There […]
Read More JJ 24 #43: Sabbath ContemplationsI said there was more previously on the connections between team play in football and the Church. The point I left with was that the Church thrives based on Jesus as the one who is key to it, knowing its instructions and effectively covering them, just like a football team flourishes on the basis of […]
Read More JJ 24 #42: This Will Take A Team – Part TwoWhen you thought it was safe to avoid a blog conveniently making analogies related to football to coincide with the Euros and Copa America, here I am with another analogy about football. There are so many connections between football and discipleship that it wouldn’t take much for me to make a gospel connection with any […]
Read More JJ 24 #41: This Will Take A Team – Part OneWhat a goal! Different roles and positions are involved in the sport commonly known as football, which some call “soccer” (I’m praying for you). The game is about attack and defence. The defence is to stop goals from being conceded. That requires discipline, organisation, focus, understanding and an alert team approach. There’s a lot to […]
Read More JJ 24 #40: Celebrating CreativityJesus, He’s my King. One of the gospel artists that I enjoy listening to is John P. Kee. He had this set up called the Victory in Praise workshop and mass choir, and every so often, he’d produce an album featuring tracks performed at the annual event. One of those is called “Jesus, He’s my […]
Read More JJ 24 #39: Jesus the King
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