I read this article and I was angered. The news surrounds the sentencing of a ‘drugs lord’ who had been trafficking drugs and being a menace to some in an area of Jamaica. I was not angered by the sentencing. I was angered by the levels of corruption and injustice that can be seen at […]
Read More Injustice from the Bottom UpThe world of football, is one that I am fairly familiar with, being a bit of a football buff meself. In the world of football, I would say the most important person is the manager. Players can come and players can go, it is the manager who is responsible for selecting the team, for selecting […]
Read More When Loyalty Is Unhealthy ConformityOn sojoruning through dark times in my life, one of the things I came across rather heavily was the truth that I do not have the right. A brief, half-hearted read of the apparent Sermon of the Mount sees Jesus not dishing out a bunch of rights for me to demand from others and from […]
Read More Serve or Be Served: I Don’t Have The Right – I Have The ResponsibilityA man of quick temper acts foolishly, (Proverbs 14:17a) Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. (Proverbs 14:29) The trick was to find a way to wind me up. Knowing me as well as she did she would easily coax me into her trap with […]
Read More MTP14 Remix – Temper, TemperWe live in a very image conscious age. The popularity of visual media that ever more focuses on the details that makes one appealing and attractive makes the appearance of even greater importance in the economy of life. This is not to suggest that presentation is not important. When God told Samuel that man looks […]
Read More MTP12 Remix – Truth To Tell – Truth To LiveThere is a great deal of safety buying into simple statements about complex issues. Rather than make things messy and look into how things might work in certain scenarios it can be easier and more simple to just refer to a familiar catchphrase or phrase that has been recited ad nauseaum. For example, if you […]
Read More Have You Ever Thought About What God Teaches About Sex?I was thinking about divorce recently. Not to worry, I wasn’t thinking of it in direct relation to my current marriage to my first wife (unpick the faux pas from that!) I was thinking of it in terms of what a tragedy and a trauma it is on so many different levels. Even in the […]
Read More Compelled by Compassion, Motivated by MercySome of the things that people consider really important are not really that big a deal. Some issues that gets people all upset and argumentative in the larger scheme of things is not really worth the grief. For example the debate over free-will and predestination. Knowing how divisive we can be with useful cloaks of […]
Read More Treating People The Same?Just a quick one for you, click the link to watch/hear a perspective on inter-racial marriage from a guy I admire, John Piper. Do not just consider it from the perspective of marriage, consider carefully the implications for church living in a multi-cultural society, with a mission to reach those of different ethnicities. Consider those […]
Read More On Inter-Racial MarriagesBack in the day when I studied Religious Education and linked issues of morals and ethics we came across the fun debate of nature vs nurture. How much of the individual – her behaviour and thought-processes – are inherent in her being, and how much has she acquired through various means from her surroundings? If […]
Read More Considering and Confronting Conditioning
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