The ram. What a tricky customer. You don’t want to get on the wrong side of a ram. That creature has some horns on him that will have no problem rendering a very aggressive response to upset or irritation. The smart folks, however, have sussed where the strength of the ram can be seen. It’s […]
Read More Give Up Strength to be StrongNot so long ago, I was having a conversation with a brother who I have considered to be somewhat of a non-conformist. By that I mean, the church circles in which I usually circulate has a certain culture that tends to have its subscribers and those eager to fit in with the status quo. It […]
Read More YieldA third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.” But they were urgent, demanding with loud cries that he should be crucified. And their voices prevailed. (Luke 23:22-23 ESV) Aspects of the crucifixion of Jesus […]
Read More A Look at Luke 23 – Prevailing VoicesThe body was broken, the blood was shed The king of joy downcast, the giver of life now dead In breaking his body, I am now free In shedding his blood, I now see The need to stop existing in my strife As now I can learn to live his perfect life For His Name’s […]
Read More Freedom to Learn to Live the Perfect Life of ChristIt was one of the kindest things I had heard for a long time. The sentiment suggested that in the time of feeling low she thought of coming to us as her memory was a positive one of my wife and I giving the impression of being peaceful. I remember the times we had spent […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – SharingI wonder if the disciples knew what was about to happen. The description of the last few hours Jesus spends with disciples before His arrest as captured in John’s gospel account is fascinating. All the gospel accounts record incidents in which Jesus clearly informs His disciples that He will be killed and then return in […]
Read More Love To The ExtremeI often catch myself giving two extreme examples of something to suggest that Jesus opts for the middle way and implying that Christianity is a journey towards balance. Some things have come to light that has shown that this is a slightly misleading reading of pursuing Jesus. To get there follow me carefully. I still […]
Read More Taking It To ExtremesThere have been one or two blog posts especially in January that were inspired after reading sections of Michael Eric Dyson’s book I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King. A bit of personal context might help before getting into the review itself. When I was in my early teens I […]
Read More DMCD Book Review: I May Not Get There With YouEven though I know how the story goes and even though I am aware that the outcome is far greater than this episode, the final hours of Jesus’ life before death as recorded in Matthew chapter 26 and 27 remain the most painful portions of scripture in the book. I read it and I feel […]
Read More Insights From Matthew – Lessons in Agony from GethsemaneThe fourteenth chapter of the gospel according to Matthew is dominated by the two main figures of the first half of Matthew John the Baptist and Jesus Christ. One thing that can definitely be said about both men is that they were willing to live by the courage of their convictions. John Pays The Ultimate […]
Read More Insights From Matthew: The Cost & Courage of Living By Kingdom Convictions
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