Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without […]
Read More Whatever Happened To The Commonwealth?How long would it take Jesus to outline a parable? From that parable he’d probably follow up with another parable. Either way there was enough potency in a parable to keep His followers intrigued. To the point that sometimes they would come back to Him and ask for an explanation of the parable. It’s one […]
Read More Crowds and Disciples: A Conversation PieceIt’s funny. I used to think I was a loner. Then I discovered I was a loner who needed to not be alone. Then I found myself in a situation where I was not alone but I felt a loner once more. Recently a few of my friends and I studied about relationship dynamics in […]
Read More Reflections of a LonerDelivering training is something I value highly. I love actually training especially to people who want to be trained. I enjoy the preparation for it, the delivery and the reflection afterwards. It’s a blessing to be in that line of work. As such certain phrases are bandied around and one of those is the phrase […]
Read More Out Of The ShellGroups of believers mean well. To see someone come among them, hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and be convicted with the subsequent desire to follow Jesus is a big deal. The family feel that can come with the new birth understandably comes with a sense of belonging and being a little possessive. After all […]
Read More As I Am His – No ConformingThere is comfort in certainty. Sometimes, however, what appears certain might be founded on something very uncertain indeed. Some have a comfort in the certainty of who is spiritual in the church community. They have a comfort in what is supposed to take place in the church setting and who should be doing what. That […]
Read More More To Being His Than …The worse thing is – they mean well. You know what I mean. Those people with annoying, irritating aspects of character but aren’t deliberately being so. They don’t mean it, but it’s there. The worse thing is – they mean well. What helps tremendously in engaging with these aspects is recognising some annoying and irritating […]
Read More Altering Awkward ApproachesWhen I needed help you were right there. Sometimes I don’t even know how you knew, but you did and you were there. You made no demands of me. You saw I was burdened and told me to rest. You patiently waited as my stubborn way bucked against the wise counsel. Your rebuke was not […]
Read More Appreciating AssistanceIt doesn’t answer everything at all. It certainly helps. I am not sure if this is taking place, though. The process is usually as follows – something happens and those who need to know that it’s happened find out that it’s happened. Once this registers properly there is a response in meeting with the nature […]
Read More AwarenessA number of people I know and indeed love enjoy eating cheese. Notice. I still love them. That’s truly amazing, because I don’t like cheese. At all. In fact I’ve been known to say I despise the stuff. So to still love those who enjoy something I hate is testament to the mercy and grace […]
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