Reading: Ephesians 6:18-24 Context: How does the call to prayer connect with the spiritual warfare theme? What a wonderful, wonderful question. And here is why it is wonderful. To do justice to this question, consider what it means to receive the call to pray. This call to pray invites us to use every method available […]
Read More WIWO: Ephesians – Episode 14: Prayer and PerseveranceCan you see the harvest? A life bringing the fruit of godly character by abiding in Christ and growing in the grace and knowledge of Him. A relationship bringing the fruit of collaboration for righteousness and peace, by loving each other as God loves them. A group bringing the fruit of blessings to others through […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – HarvestThe Kingsman is called by Jesus to serve in his workplace, symbolised by Simon’s miraculous catch of fish after a night of failure. This highlights that Christ can work through ordinary situations. The Kingsman learns to trust Christ’s word over personal experience, recognising his shortcomings, and ultimately finds a greater purpose in his labour.
Read More KMCD 43: The Kingsman Commissioned to Work from WorkReading: Ephesians 5:21-33 Context: How does “submitting to one another” (v.21) set the tone for what follows? The healthy, godly understanding and application of submission resolves all relationships. All of them. Especially when done in the right order. If we understand what we’ve read in the first three chapters of Ephesians, we’ll understand that submitting […]
Read More WIWO: Ephesians – Episode 11: Relationships – MarriageThe hymn I Am Thine, O Lord, whose words came from Fanny J Crosby, features the powerful lyric, Consecrate me now for thy service, Lord. What does that mean to the Kingsman? A tradesman doesn’t carry every tool in his bag on every job. He owns dozens; he sets aside two or three, cleans them, […]
Read More KMCD 36: Consecration and the KingsmanThe Kingsman seeks to be more and more like Jesus; how does that work? This is all about what he learns and applies in his life from the process of sanctification as described in Scripture. A man doesn’t argue with the mirror when it shows him something true. He might not like what he sees, […]
Read More KMCD 35: Sanctification and the KingsmanWhat is it like for the Kingsman to relate to Jesus, the Lamb of God? It’s very much like what happens when a man finally stops flinching at the cost of love because he’s seen exactly what it looked like, paid in full. Everything about how he gives himself to others changes once he’s stood […]
Read More KMCD 32: The Lamb and the KingsmanHe did not remember lying down, only waking—thorns pressed light against his brow, not to wound but to mark. A Voice he could not see, only feel, said, “Rise. You have a castle. Come and see what has been built for you.” He almost laughed. His soul, as far as he’d ever known it, was […]
Read More KMCD 30: The Castle of the KingsmanFour C’s Questions for the Entire Gospel: Context: How has your understanding of first-century Judea and religious conflicts enhanced your reading of Mark? Jesus is interacting and engaging with a world that is divided politically and religiously. And in those divisions, people are looking to assert a degree of authority and to establish some hope […]
Read More WIWO: Mark – Episode 25: Review and ReflectionWhat happens to the man who forgets how to ask? I don’t mean the man who’s forgotten his manners. I mean the one who has quietly stopped believing that asking changes anything, and so he just gets on with it — grits his teeth, manages the anxiety, tells himself that’s just what maturity looks like. […]
Read More KMCD 28: Supplication and the Kingsman
