It was one of those days. Work brings up a range of characters and sometimes there are ones gifted by God to test the very fruit that He has placed in you through the Spirit. (You know what I’m saying.) So the deal is to see whether the fruit will emerge or if someone a […]
Read More Do You Want to Live Forever?Well as someone who hasn’t read the Bible has said, all good things must come to an end. That is definitely the case for my holidays as tomorrow sees me return to work. School also kicks off again so there’s all the fun for the children as well. The Hols – In The Beginning It’s […]
Read More The Holiday ReportDMCD and The Reading Plan There is this really healthy spiritual exercise that brothers and sisters in Christ apply through the calendar year and that is to go through the Bible in a year. The scriptures are arranged in such a way so as to ensure all 66 books are covered in the 365 days. […]
Read More What Is The Deal With A Reading Plan?There is something about the whole time of year that gets people up and excited about this, that and the other and it’s not my routine to make it that big a deal. To me it is just a new day. Yet there is enough significance in the new day to rejoice, be thankful, be […]
Read More To Be Like Jesus – New Day, New Year, Same RequestHere there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. (Colossians 3:11) There is the ‘What Can He Do For Me’ approach to Jesus – bread for hunger, water for thirst, light in darkness, friend in loneliness, king for leadership, and so on. Yet […]
Read More Jesus Is … AllOne of the words that has really had a new meaning to be over the year 2010 is revelation. I got a hint about it in 2008 when I had the reassuring word given to me that the last book in the Bible isn’t actually written as a scary apocalyptic novel to graphically tell me […]
Read More Revelation: Dealing With The Enormity Of JesusDeborah Dryden, my firstborn, is 6 years old today. Birthdays are a great time to celebrate God’s goodness in life and act as a milestone to measure just how far we’ve come and how to still make it is a tribute to God’s grace. For example I was reflecting the other day how gospel legend […]
Read More Deborah At SixYou should have already gathered that this season has been about discovering more about who Jesus is even if ever so briefly. Lately I have had plenty of opportunity to reflect on how that makes a difference to every day living. The Life Context Of course first let us talk about football. Watching the game […]
Read More Building Life Around JesusJesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) When speaking of the way, truth and life, taken separately we do not relate them to a person. The way is a journey or process. The truth is often regarded […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Way, The Truth and The LifeSongs say so much. But first, back to television. The BBC broadcast a BAFTA tribute to comedian Ronnie Barker some six years ago and in the run-up to the seasonal period where people would mention the Two Ronnies, they showed the tribute again. Hopefully you know how these deals go on. Lots of showbiz types […]
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