You ever hear some statements that make you sit up and pay attention? One of those statements goes as follows: you can take the boy out of the town, but you can’t get the town out of the boy. That’s a brilliant sentiment. It speaks of how deeply embedded familiar values are in the ‘boy’ […]
Read More You Can Take The Son Out Of The Kingdom …Someone must have thought it would be a good idea for me to take a stroll along memory lane, recently. First there was the issue about remembering where I was ten years ago and the impact of a great expression of brotherly love. I recently had the great pleasure of seeing a former work colleague […]
Read More Another Difference After All These YearsTrue 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 FadeBaptisms. I love ’em. For the sake of the argument I am referring to believer’s baptism rather than infant baptism. True story: I have not seen an infant baptism in real life. Anyway, I love baptisms. It’s brilliant seeing people make a public declaration of allegiance with Jesus Christ. On a number of occasions those […]
Read More What Have You Got Yourself Into?I sometimes wonder why He keeps them. He’s beaten death, He’s defeated the grave, the final opposition to life and the Kingdom has been vanquished in the death, burial and resurrection. He is triumphant over all His foes. He is now the hope of the world and those who believe in Him can live eternally. […]
Read More Scarred As A Reminder That You Are VictoriousThere is a need to focus on the need for Jesus. I recognise how easy it is to get distracted. The problem of being distracted is that even if you’re doing noble things, they miss the point. There are a lot of noble things going in the world that miss the point. That point chiefly […]
Read More What Matters After The DistractionsSomething I enjoy about studying in a group is the opportunity to get different perspectives and experiences. When we’re sharing in that kind of environment and people open up their lives and we get to see beyond the dress up and the show, it’s really illuminating. I come out of sessions like that motivated to […]
Read More The Price You Pay: RelationshipsTherefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. (2 […]
Read More Peter’s Final Words: 3 – Pursue JesusIf this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgement. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. (2 Peter 2:9-10) The pursuit of the true will often bring us across the […]
Read More Peter’s Final Words: 2 – Treasuring Truth in a World of FalsehoodIf the cost of following Jesus is giving up everything for His sake, where do we get the impression we have rights? The only right we should be concerned about is the righteousness of God. But we often practice something different. Oh for the change to submit to the Lordship of Jesus over the rights […]
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