The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. (Proverbs 17:3) A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. (Proverbs 17:17) Back in the day the religious status quo went as follows – if you were rich, happy and healthy then that was […]
Read More MTP17 Bad Times As Good Times In DisguiseThere are always good reasons to give up – life circumstances provide plenty of justifications for seeking an easier life. Yet the easier life isn’t that much easier and in fact quite harder actually. So when we get to grips with reality – there is a God who loves us and has sent His Son […]
Read More I Feel Like Going On – Marvin WinansApparently bigger is better and if you can get more people on your side, that’s all great. No one is interested in a book that has a small readership. No one wants to watch a programme with a few viewers. No one is putting themselves out for something with low attendance. That’s why I understand […]
Read More A Few Good MenThe beauty of these popcorn Proverbs is that you can pop some in the mouth of your heart and really get chewing to get the juice out of it. As you chomp through it and meditate on it. Chapter 11 keeps that going and there were three particular verses that struck me as worth developing […]
Read More MTP11 Popcorn Proverbs – ThreemendousI don’t know if I’m the only person who sometimes scratches his head when he reads Proverbs. Especially when it gets to chapter 7. Here’s why I scratch my head. I read the story of Solomon. Son of David to Bathsheba. Bath, as she was obviously known for short, and evidently not one to be […]
Read More MTP07 Seducing the Wise ManIt was all so much easier when I was at home with my parents. For the most time things like the authority of scripture and the reality of God and the gospel were taken for granted and even to some extent unexplained because they were givens of life. So even without being a fully committed […]
Read More Is This What I Believe – Importance of the BibleRecently I’ve come from a church setting that placed a high value on practicality. None of the pie in the sky when we die stuff. Nothing too aesthetic, philosophical or anything that required too much thought and meditation, as it were. Just do it. There’s a lot to be said for this mentality, this go […]
Read More MTP03 In Then OutKnowing God is not always straightforward and even by merely ‘taking Him at His Word’ we can end up with vastly different conclusions. For example there are those among the Christian family who have a hard time reconciling the God of the Old Testament with the God of the New Testament as though there is […]
Read More Is This What I Believe? God of Love and JudgementIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. (James 1:5) And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom … And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favour with God and man. (Luke 2:40, 52) And […]
Read More MTP02 When It Comes To Wisdom – Go All Out For ItSo I’ve taken time out in the last few blog entries to address the exit strategy that’s been recently executed seeing me leave my job, the church to which I belonged and the city to move, apparently to the middle of nowhere. Click to read Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four and Part […]
Read More The Exit Strategy Interview – Part 6
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