I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14, 15) Jesus knows His own and His own knows Him. That level of relationship goes beyond rituals and formalities and […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Good ShepherdBefore I wrote this morning’s post on Jesus being the Door, I read and re-read John 9 and 10. In the preparation for these posts I would often spend some time pondering on my assumptions about certain references and how they match up to other perspectives on those same scriptures. For example John 10:10 is […]
Read More Jesus – Access Opened Or DeniedThe Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath. (Mark 2:27, 28) Miscommunication is not difficult. Something can be said and before too long its original meaning can be completely lost. When the Pharisees picked on Jesus’ disciples for corn picking on […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Lord Of The SabbathYou may recall that at the beginning of the month I asked the question, who is Jesus and this has a bearing on what follows. Also on the ‘do you remember’ trip, back in May this year I wrote an entry on this here blog about the truth that God loves. Reading it again in […]
Read More Introducing Jesus Is …This life thing is so fascinating. When I was at home with my parents and siblings I had to do what my parents (and big sister) told me to do. There was little room for questions and definitely short shrift for any rebellion or refusal (especially from the big sister). As I grew up though, […]
Read More Some Reasoning Going OnIt is very difficult to be a follower of Jesus Christ and not be an irritant to your culture. Some succeed in not being a full-blown offence to those around them, but most in one or shape or form make those who live in their culture rather uncomfortable. This is not a deliberate ploy to […]
Read More Upsetting the Status QuoI love words. That’s not the first time I’ve said that and it won’t be the last. It is hopefully something that is fairly obvious from this here blog which is driven by them as well as the Other Place. In as much as I wouldn’t class myself as a high intellectual, I acknowledge that […]
Read More The Word In The Flesh – Not On PaperNovember. My kinda month. Although August to October hasn’t worked out as I’d like, I’m still very much grateful to God for the wonderful blessings that I’ve experienced in that time. I’m in a position now to blog more regularly now and I’m happier for that and it’s just in time for November. Have I […]
Read More Thank You For NovemberI am still on an enforced sabbatical from blogging and am slipping this one through the net by means of good resources. I am hopeful that this enforced sabbatical will come to a close sooner rather than later, but I cannot say when that will be and just ask that you continue to hold on […]
Read More Just and OnlyI think sometimes we have it all wrong. I think sometimes we think the chief end of life is to be happy. Sometimes I get the impression we think that’s the goal. It’s definitely evident in the advertising and programme making of some. It’s the undercurrent of a lot of what goes on in our […]
Read More The Pursuit of Holiness
