There were only three of us. We don’t really know each other that well, but have something in common in following Jesus Christ. We were looking at the section of 1 Corinthians covering chapters 12 to 14. Reading that together and exploring aspects of it – what it meant, what the consequences were in our […]
Read More Reminder To Grow Up – A Study ExperienceIn Christian circles you may come across people talking about the importance of reading the Bible. In my experience Bible knowledge has been a much admired ability. Being able to recite swathes of scripture has been a mark of super spirituality and people refer to being able to use scripture to defeat the enemy. Mention […]
Read More Delight in DeWordSo in the last entry, I had a little nudge at reconsidering the altar call. I thought that would be it for the time being in terms of reconsidering certain staple parts of the Christian lifestyle. So much for that thought. I heartily recommend having a read over at Eric’s Progress looking at The Sermon. […]
Read More Where Does It Say That Then? The SermonIt remains bizarre to me that followers of Jesus Christ at times segment their lives to suggest that there’s stuff that they do for God – the spiritual bit, the religious bit, the worship bit. Then there’s the bit that isn’t that which is referred to as the worldly bit, the secular bit and such […]
Read More What’s That You’re Offering?Here are some of the bits about being a Christian and following Jesus that I would definitely put in a brochure to market it: Being a Christian means having your sins forgiven and a clean slate with God Following Jesus is an assurance of rest for your soul Living the way God wants strengthens you […]
Read More Welcome To Suffering!!Mark 9:14-29 tells the story of Jesus, a crowd, faithlessness, a spirit-possessed son and a desperate father. Even with the benefit of reading in hindsight, there should be features that are familiar to people reading it. This doesn’t have to do with children in trouble. This is an issue of faith and faithlessness. Where is […]
Read More Help My UnbeliefHere’s another submission to the Question of Identity series more of which you can discover here. I have a lot of respect for the written works of Arthur Sido. He blogs, tweets and updates his FB and I find a lot of what he has to say thought-provoking and soul enriching. I don’t have to […]
Read More QOI: I Believe – So What?My introduction to the Bible was through the Old Testament. When I was a child I read aspects of the Old Testament like a story. I never understood some of the prophetic books. I enjoyed the first bit of Daniel and gave the other bits a miss. Of the first five books, I obviously didn’t […]
Read More Learning From History: We Want One To Rule Over Us (But Not That One)I love the phrase ‘I was minding my own business’. It is a particular favourite prelude to something happening to change the whole business that I was minding at the time. So. I was minding my own business when I bumped into this blog entry about The Hardest Truth by Keith Giles. Read it. It […]
Read More What Did I Do To God? Reading The Ezekiel 16 AgainMany a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find? (Proverbs 20:6) I am only too aware of how easy it is to come across as though I’m all that. It’s easy to talk a good game. I am also aware that when it comes to relationships, people can be […]
Read More MTP20 Remix – Finding The Faithful Man
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