Righteousness or Selfishness. Men are good at pursuing things. They will spend hours pursuing gaming excellence. They have no problems investing sizeable fortunes following their football team around the world. They will go to great extents to track down the woman that catches their eye. Men are good at pursuing things. Paul’s encouragement to his […]
Read More What Kind Of Man Are You? In Pursuit of RighteousnessJesus said the greatest commandment was to love God and love your neighbour. He said that was the greatest commandment. Later his beloved friend John helped us recognise how they are the greatest commandment by essentially saying we could not do one without the other. What Jesus said was based on something that Moses had […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (14): Love Is All You NeedIt is not an overt thought that is mentioned, but it’s lurking in the background when we think about keeping up with the Joneses. Why should they get all the good stuff? He’s got a pretty wife, he’s got a great car, he’s got a lovely house and he has such a sweet job. I […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (13): Desiring the Good for Your NeighbourDo we really value human life? There is enough incendiary material on the issue of abortion, infanticide, capital punishment and euthanasia to keep a fire stoked for a lifetime. These might not be the only life and death and choice issues, but they certainly dominate some people’s thinking when it comes to the matter of […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (9): Valuing LifeThe question asked was about the greatest. If you asked me who is the greatest footballer at the moment and I said Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, you would inform me that I haven’t answered the question. Which is the greatest. If you asked me about the greatest boxer of all time and I said […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (6): The Second is Like the FirstThere’s a bit of a run going with the series of entries of recent weeks. That run will continue in the coming days. It’s worth just putting in a brief word here to give an update on how things are with me. First up, it’s worth thanking God that life for me at the moment […]
Read More Hello November – A Dryden UpdateThere can be only one. Wandering eyes. It doesn’t take much anymore and the reality remains to a degree we are all susceptible. It doesn’t have to be about people, it’s all about loyalty in the things that matter. You can be on a good thing and all of a sudden a suggestion or two […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (3): Love God … You Will Have No Other GodsYou ever got the impression that someone was just going through the motions. Like they weren’t even really feeling it? I have. I watch some performances in films and some of them look to be really lethargic. I have seen some games of football where one or two of the players have put in a […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (2): Love God … With All Your Heart, Soul, And MindI remember growing up having to memorise the Ten Commandments. It appeared a bit odd then, to hear Jesus expressing the two greatest commandments apparently not being one of the Ten. It appeared odd until someone showed me that the whole of the Law rested on these two commandments. All the Law. Indeed the Ten […]
Read More The Greatest Commandment (1): You Will Love The Lord Your God …Peter believed that love was essential to knowing Jesus. It was the crowning quality essential in knowing Jesus. Like all the others, if you didn’t have this quality and increased in it then you would be unproductive and unfruitful in the only pursuit in life worth having. A good friend and I were considering the […]
Read More Add To Your Brotherly Love – Love
