Not long ago I had the pleasure of exploring the book of Acts with some good folks. It’s one thing to read something on your own, it’s a lot of fun to open things up for others to share. Now the clue is in the name of the book. Acts suggests it’s about things people […]
Read More You Have A VoiceA saying suggests there are only two things guaranteed in life – death and taxes. Reflecting on the experiences I’ve had and witnessed as a Christian, I’d suggest certain other things are as close to inevitable as you can get without dying of taxation. It’s Inevitable: You will be misunderstood when sharing your faith with […]
Read More It’s InevitableSometimes I take prayer for granted. On Friday I have a job interview. I found out recently and, unusually for me, I asked quite a number of people to pray for me. It’s unusual because I’ve tended to keep such matters close to my chest only informing a few others. This time, however, it felt […]
Read More Something Occurred To Me About PrayerA few years ago I was interested in reading a few books on leadership in church. Not primarily because I saw myself as a leader, more because I’m interested in that kind of thing for insight. In what I read there was often the verse “Without a vision, the people perish.” This was used to […]
Read More Without A Vision … But Who Fills The Vision?I was considering what the title of this post meant today. Here are some questions that cropped up. When all is said and done, how important is it for me to please the Lord? In the community context, are our lives truly faith-based with the primary desire to please the Lord? If faith is so […]
Read More Without Faith It’s Impossible To Please The LordIt has not always been easy to live by faith. In fact thinking about it, I cannot recall a time where it has consistently been easy living by faith. What I can say is that despite my capacity to forget things, and sometimes take God for granted, He provides opportunities to be reminded about what […]
Read More September Sojourn: Walking To What You See By FaithDeborah is a smart girl. My firstborm really has a good brain operating that can pick up concepts very well and is able to explain them clearly and confidently. Seeing her doing it makes me very happy. This evening we were reading 1 Samuel 15 and considering why God wasn’t happy with Saul. Deborah heard […]
Read More September Sojourn: Taking God SeriouslyWhile I go journeying through the gospel of John, my family have been embarking on a trek through 1 Samuel. This is an important book of the Bible for me. About 20 years ago, as a member of a church youth group, this was a book we were studying and memorising for a national quiz […]
Read More September Sojourn: Speak Lord, I’m ListeningFor those expecting a biblical exploration of the woman who was married to an idiot and helped stop David from killing her idiot husband, before going on to marry David herself when the idiot husband keeled over anyway … this is not it. (Great story though. As in, I love reading the episode. It’s good […]
Read More What Abigail Teaches Me About Following JesusI have no idea at present what the Beach Boys song was called. I also have no intention presently to simply google it. (Blogging by phone does that to me.) I do know that the song had the words “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”. At this juncture it’s important for me to note my mild hatred […]
Read More Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Acts and Life in the Spirit
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