Key Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For in seven days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him. (Genesis 7:4-5 ESVUK) We’ve considered the context of this […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 3: The Clean Slate Initiative: ConceptsKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 2: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContentKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, “I […]
Read More For 40 Days: Day 1: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContextJesus knew what people were thinking. He knew and He served, but He didn’t go with their flow. He knew and He gave hope, but He didn’t stimulate trends to gain notoriety. Expressing the truth was enough for Him to be the enemy. To know what He knew and still do what He did says […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: True HumanityThe implicit suggestion is that you don’t need God. Useful though a conception of Him is for when people are suffering for observers to offer vague sentiments to, beyond that there is no need for Him. This was the first suggestion that led to rebellion. That rebellion plunged humanity into varying expressions and degrees of […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: We Need GodHow did we get here? It is often useful to look at how things began and perhaps see the seeds of that which would develop to what is seen in the present. The Bible makes a remarkable statement about the reason for so much foolishness in the world. The fool says in his heart, “There is no […]
Read More A Word of Wisdom: From the BeginningsMercy. This is a quality that people are aware of. This is a quality that people are at least momentarily grateful to be a recipient of. Is it a quality that people are bred to exercise? Mercy is not a natural quality of human beings. The tendency in reaction to a grievance is towards retribution […]
Read More Time for MercyCan you see me? Can I see you? The term intimacy is rightly used in the context of the marital relationship. That relationship is in a real way to be the peak of that term: when true oneness is experienced to a degree that cannot be experienced elsewhere. Intimacy, however, is not exclusive to that […]
Read More Intimacy in RelationshipsSome people take labels on the surface and believe they can live up to those labels, just because they are connected in a loose and superficial way. Take for example, this group of folks who claimed to be part of a special people. They had spent their lives collecting sayings and giving the impression of […]
Read More After His Own KindWhat makes a family? Where are we to get the definition of the family from? Who is to say when a family is properly functioning and when it is breaking down? For those who have faith, it is crucial to see the source of family as the Creator Himself. It is reassuring to know that […]
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