(Reflections on the sign of Jesus healing the official’s son found in John 4:46-54. This is part of the Seven Signs series, click here to catch up on other parts in the series.) There is Jesus. There is a father. There is a son. There are witnesses. The son is sick and close to death. […]
Read More Seven Signs: The Son LivesBut the wisdom from above is … impartial James 3:17 (ESV) This is not the first time that James addressed the issue of impartiality. Earlier, James had to address a serious issue. My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? […]
Read More A Word of Wisdom: It’s About Being ImpartialThe club wanted to appoint a new manager and so explored a number of candidates. One, in particular, did very well in the interview, so they wanted to take things further. The conversation turned to his backroom team and the candidate insisted that he wanted to take his team with him. It was a point […]
Read More With Your CrewThe church is magnificent. It really is a wonderful expression of God’s glorious and wondrous creation. When Jesus came to set up and die for the church, He had something in mind that would amaze even the heavenly realms. The more I get to know Jesus, the more I get to love what Jesus had […]
Read More Dryden Links: Unavoidable(Reflections on the sign of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana found in John 2:1-11) The scene is painted fairly clearly by John. It’s a wedding, there are festivities involved, Jesus’ Mum is there and so is Jesus and His disciples. So far, so straightforward. There’s that interesting conversation that takes […]
Read More Seven Signs: Wonder at the WeddingBut the wisdom from above is full of mercy and good fruits James 3:17 (ESV) Whatever you’re full of tends to come out. You cannot give what you have not got. It is no surprise, then, that when it comes to the wisdom that we operate by there are different products that emerge from what we’re […]
Read More A Word Of Wisdom: It’s About Being Full Of Good FruitsWhen you are in a foreign environment, you can ask a lot of questions. In the strange, there can be issues of what is worth holding onto and what’s worth releasing. This series began with reflections of my own time when I left home for the strange world of university. It can be easy to […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 14 – What An Awesome God – A ConclusionThis is another entry in the ongoing blog conversation with the better brother of our sisters, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: What it is with David, you see, is that he knows that not everything is straightforward. There are a number of things in life that are complex and require wholesale changes […]
Read More ADBC: 14 – Law, Love and LiverpoolI wanted to be a journalist. Not because the life of a journalist seemed particularly glamourous, it was more about how the perception of them was of those who would go searching for truth in current events and report them. For me, it was about the words and the power of the words not just […]
Read More Dryden Links: A Christian Response To The Climate CrisisSeven years ago, it was my pleasure to blog through the book of the gospel according to John a chapter a day. Having finished a series on the seven churches that John is instructed to write to in Revelation, it just felt timely to follow that up with another set of sevens that John writes […]
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