The routine carries on as it has for years. Very little variation needed because we’re comfortable with it. Yet is that what He wanted? The speaker gets to speak and the singers get to sing and the people can stand and sit at the right time. Yet is that what He wanted? Did the saints […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: What Would He Want?There’s a lot we can learn from Paul’s letter to Philemon. How to look to bring about reconciliation. How to appeal on behalf of someone. How to address people in a way that honours and respects them. We can talk about love and forgiveness, Paul puts it on the line for a runaway slave who […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – PhilemonYeah, it’s all well and good getting it in hindsight. Sure it might be fun to get some foresight. Those views, however, aren’t as much fun as getting an insight. It’s such a privilege to engage with people in life and gain an insight on matters that improve your outlook. Thank God for the vision, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: When You Get To SeeYou have a choice about what you think and how you think about it. Your perspective can be in terms of how bad things are, how bad things have been and how much worse it can get. That option is open to you. You can also think about what good is available, what positives you […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Think About ItPeople use the word “hallelujah” as a praise in itself. What’s interesting about that is the word is an instruction to praise – an invitation to let loose with what praise is all about. When the psalmist put together what’s referred to as the 34th psalm he gives a masterful display of what it is […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Psalm 34Do it to please them or do it to please Him? Getting good counsel to make good decisions is crucial because underneath those decisions is what it says about who you want to please. There are many who mean well, but whose path leads away from what pleases Him. This is why it helps to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Decide To Please Who?The Bible is very helpful to help followers of Jesus in their journey. Prayer is crucial to that journey. There are plenty of prayers in scripture that are inspiring and uplifting, as well as that, though, they’re instructive as to what we can learn about prayer. This was the thinking that motivated the first episode […]
Read More Word In, Word Out – Episode 01: On Psalm 86The letter to the church in Rome by the Apostle Paul is rightly considered to be epic. This is the kind of letter that groups of believers should sit and listen to being read out in total. Listen to it being read in its entirety and then sit and consider together what they’ve just heard […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Romans 6When someone messes up, attention is drawn to the mess for commentary and analysis. That degree of spectating should also be attached to the amazing and miraculous work of a person in a hopeless and helpless condition have their situation reversed completely. When someone does something like that it should be the cause for celebration […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Look What He’s DoneMy dear friend, the Captain, Kelvin, loves the character and book of Nehemiah. With good reason. It’s worthwhile considering the book as an insight into the heart of a man that loves God and loves the people of God and uses his position to bring about the much needed change. It was my privilege to […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Nehemiah 1
