Return. This is not real peace. It’s a mirage. This is not true justice. It’s an illusion. This is not righteousness. It’s a parody. This is not good. It’s a counterfeit. This is not love. It is a twisted, corrupted and dissatisfying sham. To do this requires a rejection of the real deal. It requires […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Return(This is part of the series exploring Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. You can catch up on the series so far by clicking here. This entry considers Paul’s writings to Timothy covered in 1 Timothy 3.) When growing up, I remember in the tradition of the church that I observed, a status thing about […]
Read More Paul & Sons: 05 – Who Will Look After Them?(This is part of the series exploring Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. You can catch up on the series so far by clicking here. This entry considers Paul’s writings to Timothy covered in 1 Timothy 2.) There is a constant theme about the priority of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout Paul’s words to […]
Read More Paul & Sons: 04 – It’s A Matter of Character and OrderIf you do it out of fear, then you’ve probably got the wrong one. If you do it out of a sense of being the centre of the universe, you’ve probably not got the right one either. If you do it out of a recognition for the greatness of God and your position of rebellion […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Get It RightWe are not our own. We do not belong to ourselves. we are sent. There is that stage in a relationship with God where it’s not just the amazing news that Jesus died for us to have a right relationship with the Father. That remains true and that is important to the relationship. There is […]
Read More We Are SentThe way things are is not acceptable. We expect change. The Bible is a fascinating book in highlighting the sense in which the way things are can not be accepted. It also outlines, however, the kind of change to expect. Initially, that kind of change won’t necessarily go down too well for those who believe […]
Read More The Kind of Change We ExpectThis is a further entry in the ongoing blog conversation with my thoughtful and insightful brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: All I did was ask David a question about football players feeling the need to take a knee. That’s all I did. And David took that question and … well, seriously […]
Read More ADBC: 09 – Basis for Rule and What’s With The Good News?There were just half a dozen of them. Two married couples – Gary and Ruth along with John and Rachel and a young man called David and an elderly woman called Geraldine. They had professed to follow Jesus and were at various stages of their walk with Him. They had a love for Him and […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: The Light MovementSome things are a bit odd. Something amazing happened to you. You want me to know. Rather than being able to tell me yourself, you say I should come to a place where someone else will tell me for you, because he’s the expert in telling people what happened to you. What if you had […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: You Tell MeShe engaged in a conversation and looked to hear first and then on that basis share the good news for the other person could understand. He got down to the level of the person he was talking to and carefully and patiently shared with the other person the good news. Both conversations were good enough […]
Read More Journeyman Jottings: What Did I See?
