It is stunning. It is breathtaking. That love pays the debt that I could never pay. That love should redeem the hopeless, heal the sick, enrich the poor, deliver from addiction, and empower the weak. That love should place the lonely in a divine family, and give heavenly purpose to those previously bound for hell. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Stand AmazedYou have done well. You’ve worked with the ability God gave you. You have not trusted your instincts to do your own thing – you’ve put full confidence in God to lead however unconventional or unorthodox. As this is all the work of God through you, though, you remember that He gives you rest. He […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Rest for the ObedientThen Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 (ESVUK) Jesus makes a radical declaration that every believer in Him has to take seriously. Helping in that effort has been an overview initially before and then have a look at that first […]
Read More His Terms And Conditions: 4 – FollowThen Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 (ESVUK) Jesus pronounces a statement of three parts. To understand Him we need all three together and must never forget that. To get some clarity on its bearing it’s good to look at […]
Read More His Terms And Conditions: 3 – Take Up My What?Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 (ESVUK) Let him deny himself. The first two words never occurred to me before, because I was all about the two that follow. But “let him”. Allow him to follow these things. Don’t […]
Read More His Terms And Conditions: 2 – Deny Who?There’s what you’re doing and there’s who you’re doing it with. The relationship between Paul and Timothy is a fascinating one based on what we pick up in Acts and some of the church letters that Paul writes. There are, of course, the two letters that Paul writes to Timothy and what they say about […]
Read More In Pursuit …Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. We are told that John made this proclamation and then after he was arrested, Jesus would declare the same statement. It is a fascinating one to consider. Made to an audience experiencing the rule of foreigners who hoped to free from that arrangement. Made to an […]
Read More An Announcement and An ActionWeeping and rejoicing. Following Jesus is not a happy thing all the time. There are times following Jesus where there’s a recognition of the state individuals, relationships and communities are in when they choose to reject God. That calls for weeping. Even as we remember what causes separation with the Creator of the universe and […]
Read More Dryden Reflections 2022: What MattersThe letter to the church in Rome by the Apostle Paul is rightly considered to be epic. This is the kind of letter that groups of believers should sit and listen to being read out in total. Listen to it being read in its entirety and then sit and consider together what they’ve just heard […]
Read More For Reading Out Loud – Romans 6From sinking sand … from the pit of despair … from the edge of destruction … from the bitterness of loneliness … from my state of selfish, stubborn sinfulness … from self-righteousness. He came and rescued me. To forgiveness of sins … to adoption in His family … to membership of His Body … to […]
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