One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon … Peter looked straight at him, as did John. (Acts 3:1, 4) There was this Christian organisation for whom I volunteered. They would mention the partnerships they had with other organisations. To a large extent those partnerships appeared […]
Read More Valuing Gospel PartnershipsThere 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 ExperienceOne of the things that bothered me when I became conscious in church services was people not getting it. The nature of our bible studies was conversational (kinda) and so a question would be asked and people could contribute thoughts as well as answers (occasionally). It wasn’t really directional/lecture type study where someone would talk […]
Read More Realities of Life Together – Travelling At Different SpeedsBlame Keith Giles and his twitter feed of 1sr May. I have a tendency of blaming someone else for that which is my responsibility. I’m sure you’ve never come across that kind of behaviour before. I follow Keith on twitter and also his blogging, cos I regard him as one of the best around. I […]
Read More The Ol’ Clergy/Laity Split: Is It The Problem?Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. (Acts 6:3) Recently I had the opportunity to observe a national church conference elect its executive board. Taking in the proceedings and following on from my post about reference to personal examples, […]
Read More How Would You Choose Those To Serve?If we’re not careful, the issues of life will successfully distract us from the real purpose to living. I was mindful of that recently when I was talking with a friend about some church matters, especially on how we grow together in Christ. In the light of that I had some questions to share with […]
Read More Just Some Jesus QuestionsThere was this group of people. They were talking about church and moaning about leadership. They moaned about the leadership didn’t do this, and didn’t do that. They whined about how the leadership appeared stale and stagnant. They railed against the seeming lack of vision coming from the leadership. I was very familiar with this, […]
Read More You Will Never Go Beyond What You SeePerseverance. That word has been bothering me for the last week or so. It’s been bothering me, because I’ve come across it quite a number of times in studying scripture. The latest scripture was in 2 Peter 1:6, but to put in context here it is in verses 5-8. For this very reason, make every […]
Read More What Keeps Me Going – Hope In JesusI love reading what Kathleen has to say over at Church in a Circle. Learning to enjoy the diversity in the Body of Christ continues to be something I get stimulated by. As I’ve mentioned in highly recommending her blog, Kathleen produces articles that are not just for tickling the intellectual taste-buds, but actually lead […]
Read More Take For Example …The vast majority of the time I enjoy writing these blog entries. As it is a voluntary activity it is something I do as a labour of love. There are times, however, when even the labour isn’t that onerous because of the delight I take in writing. The last entry looking at observations on the […]
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