True story. Last December – that’s right less than four months ago – I did an Emergency First Aid at Work course. This was a one day course that covered some aspects of First Aid at a basic level. Among other elements we learnt in the session was CPR and how to put someone in […]
Read More Qualities FadeGrowing up in the home I lived in I had an older sister, but not an older brother. When I left home to go to university I sent the following summer staying at someone’s house. Staying in anyone’s house as I’ve subsequently discovered is a big deal. Staying in a single man’s house is a […]
Read More Thank God For Older BrothersTherefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:10-11) What would you want to leave with someone if you […]
Read More Peter’s Final Words: 1 – Make Every EffortI was minding my own business watching Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I decided to do a spot of research on Jessica Alba who plays Sue Storm otherwise known as the Invisible Girl. In doing extensive research (I only read the Wikipedia page), I came across a part that said that in her personal […]
Read More A Brief Word On Women In The BibleNow then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers. How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father. (Genesis 44:33-34) It’s […]
Read More Genesis: 44 – Judah’s JourneyHaving the children I have, with the nature they inherited from … well someone close to them, it’s no surprise that they are the inquisitive type. This evening’s inquisitiveness came about as I was talking about the need to build the character. The question came: what is the difference between the personality and character? At […]
Read More Character and Personality – Content and StyleSo I was thinking about being a peacemaker, again. I was particularly thinking about it in the light of the relational struggles that make the need to make peace more apparent. For example when the ingredients for a resentment meal present themselves. You may be familiar with these ingredients. 1 tablespoon of an innocuous incident […]
Read More Refusing To Eat Resentment CakeCush was the father[c] of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” (Genesis 10:8, 9) There are quite a number of names mentioned in Genesis 10. For the most part all they […]
Read More Genesis: 10 – Making A Name For YourselfSo the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord. This is the account of […]
Read More Genesis: 6 – Character against CorruptionWhen Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. (Genesis […]
Read More Genesis: 5 – Names & Generations
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