There is what God does, and there is what humans mimic. Humans mimic so they can have their own grasp on something, but their refusal to acknowledge God’s definition means they will never express the concept as it’s meant to be. It takes a while to absorb the difference. You’ve been conditioned to see the […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – God’s Idea vs Man’s IdeaDay 8: The Last Days and Fake Spirituality Read 2 Timothy 3:1-9 Memory verse: 2 Tim 3:5 – having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. Context: List the “last days” behaviours Paul predicts Lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, […]
Read More WIWO: 2 Timothy Day 8: Dealing with Fake SpiritualityDay 6: 1 Timothy 4:1-16 — Combating False Teaching and Personal Godliness Reading: Warnings about future false teaching and Timothy’s personal conduct Study Questions: 1. Observation: What specific false teachings and practices does Paul predict? Forbidding marriage and saying certain allowable foods shouldn’t be eaten. These are the specific ones mentioned after the general mention […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 6 – 4:1–16 — Combat FalsehoodLet what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil. Matthew 5:37 (ESVUK) I Can’t Take Your Word Talk is cheap. That’s easy for you to say. They over-promise and under-deliver. Each of these sentiments reflects a stance that people adopt when they hear someone make a claim. Each […]
Read More OTKC 09: Keep Your WordIt’s a good time to reflect on the standard. It is fair. That’s the best way to do things. You’ve got to keep the standard. What that means is that as that standard is maintained it reveals what others will support. Whether they support that standard or look for one of their own. Does the […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Reflect on the StandardBeware. The power of the story to get people to think should not be underestimated. While the rave reviews come in for that story and it gets mass appeal what slides through is a message that should concern people as to what it means to be human. It should concern them, but it won’t as […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Beware The Power of The StoryIt’s good to talk about it. Reason it out. Go through the rational. That’s good. However, as you’ve reached a firm conclusion on the matter, there’s no need to shift from it. Doing so to keep up with others and to appease hyet others does a disservice to the conclusion you reached. It devalues that […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Stick To Your ConvictionsIt happens to be that a lot of their time was spent talking about what was wrong, how it was wrong and the bad feeling about the wrong. Such is their expertise in the area that it almost came across as their specialist subject. What was glaring in its omission was a focus on what […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Focus on the TrueHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: Blessed are those who read carefully at least twice to reach a considered perspective. With such a blessed approach you’ll see Hesediah give a very intriguing approach to the afterlife. If you’re going to answer the question seriously, you got to take the kind of approach […]
Read More ADBC: 49 – All I Am Saying, Is Give Life A ChanceHere’s the premise of the conversation. Previously in the conversation: It is marvellous reading the words my brother blogs about. He gets his thoughts down so well that I am duly engrossed in what he shares and can consider it carefully. Take his first port of call in explaining the relationship between law and wisdom. The […]
Read More ADBC: 48 – Ways To Learn, The Bill, And Yes, Prime Minister
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