This is a landmark entry in the ongoing blog conversation with my provocative and principled brother, David. Landmark as we go into double figures. On and look at that it’s the tenth installment in the tenth month of the year on the tenth day of the tenth month. Almost as if … anyway. Here’s the […]
Read More ADBC: 10 – Love, Slavery and Church FailureExternal circumstances can create a lot of challenging situations. If there is a lack of certain fundamental aspects of the physical life we will deteriorate. Food, drink and clothing are the essentials we refer to. There is more to us than just eating and keeping warm, though. Modern sensibilities suggest that if you’re not in […]
Read More What They Cannot Contain… Out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. This journey was not my idea. It was my heart’s deepest desire, but years of mental slavery made it a pipe dream. Those years of slavery in the land that looked to define me in its pomp and power almost crushed any sense of hope. […]
Read More Journeyman Journal – FreedomYou shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord ’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshipped. (Exodus 12:27 ESV) The Bible is epic. The first five books of the Bible […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 12 – Meal of DeliveranceThen the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, and that you may tell in the hearing of your son and of your grandson how I have dealt harshly with the Egyptians […]
Read More Exodus Extracts 10 – Generational ImpactTruly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John8:34-36) It is an age old story – a people in peril, under oppressive slavery, […]
Read More Jesus Is … The LiberatorSometimes when I watch movies, especially James Bond ones, I listen out for when the title of the movie will be mentioned.(Obviously in my opinion Roger Moore always delivered his best of all the Bonds, that raised eyebrow just convinced me from the start.)I think that sometimes it is whilst writing the narrative or some […]
Read More Divided LoyaltiesWracked with guilt for what was done, continually haunted by what was never done, experiences of yesterday hold today captive. As the memories thicken and the hurt intensifies, so the suffocating choke of yesteryear prevents any ability to breathe the fresh air of the present. The keys to the jail are found in discovering that […]
Read More Freedom From The Prison of the PastSlavery maybe something of an abstract concept to those in the western world privileged to be told that they live in a free society. However when the challenges of daily living are considered – bills to pay, onerous responsibilities to meet, friends to retain, personal image to sustain, rat-race to maintain – then it’s no […]
Read More Under PressureThe Lord’s Spirit has come to me, because he has chosen me to tell the good news to the poor. The Lord has sent me to announce freedom for prisoners, to give sight to the blind, to free everyone who suffers, (Luke 4:18) The theme of October’s Daily Thoughts has been around Freedom and Slavery. […]
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