Key Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the Lord smelt the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 4: The Clean Slate Initiative: ConclusionsKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For in seven days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him. (Genesis 7:4-5 ESVUK) We’ve considered the context of this […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 3: The Clean Slate Initiative: ConceptsKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 2: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContentKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, “I […]
Read More For 40 Days: Day 1: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContextThe Bible. The most important collection of documents available to humanity is also the most vulnerable to misuse, abuse, and, worse still, neglect. My Dad was upstairs in his room night after night. He wasn’t bothered with television. He couldn’t be bothered with the radio either. Night after night, he could devote his time to […]
Read More JJ 24 #36: A Word about the WordWe were walking home. It had been a tough few days. Maybe the hope was gone. Hope was crucified. A fellow traveller wondered why we were so sad. We thought He must have lived under a rock to be ignorant of recent events. Yet as we walked with Him, our hearts were aflame as He […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: We Urged Him to StayThe 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 idea of making the most of the words I have has been something that has followed me for decades. Making the most of the words was seen in making notes of those words and storing them in notepads. Making the most of the words was seen in putting some of those words together to […]
Read More Word In, Word Out – Welcome and Episode 01If we appreciate the word by understanding and applying it, there is much that can be achieved. This is what motivates the series of Word Search. Exporing identity in Christ based on a fascinating episode in the life of the early church is a good opportunity to engage with the Word to see how it […]
Read More Word Search: Delivering the MessageI love the written word. I love the word spoken. I love the word heard. I love the word acted on. It is great to be able to deliver the word written on this blog over the last decade or so and I trust that by God’s grace I’ll continue to deliver that. What I’ve […]
Read More Word Search: Exploring the Encounter
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