Elijah had a problem. He felt he was the only one making a stand for the true God of Israel. It was a lonely trek and he felt as though his efforts were fruitless if the ruling power of the day still seemed to be getting by with the idolatry. In His mercy and kindness, […]
Read More Grateful for Kingdom Connections(Reflections and notes on Daniel 3 – the series so far had an introduction before considering the way Daniel and his friends settled in the strange land and in the last episode there were explorations in how the righteous emerged from a ridiculous situation.) It is an incredible story to read for a number of […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 04 – Through The FireI am having a blog conversation with my brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation, David responded to my question about the basis for societal law. Once he did that, you’ll note, he asked two questions: Q: Where would the basis of so-called ‘secular law’ come from in a Christian system amongst non-Jewish […]
Read More ADBC: 03 – Standards and the Spirit(Reflections and notes on Daniel 2 – click here for Part 1 and here for Part 2 of the series so far.) Nebuchadnezzar, to all intents and purposes is the most powerful man in the known world as far as Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah are concerned. He oversees a kingdom that spans a fair […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 03 – Who Rules? The Ridiculous and the RighteousI would miss you if I was never going to see you again. I would miss you if we were never going to do Kingdom business together again. I would miss you if your location prevented you from engaging in conversation again. If that was the case, I would miss you like the loss of […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Why I Won’t Miss You(Reflections and notes on Daniel 1 – for Part 1 of the series click here.) The first few verses of Daniel 1 make for sobering reading. Usually the way things worked where gods and their countries were concerned, if you beat the people that meant you defeated their gods. That’s certainly how the Babylonians may […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 02 – Adapting without DefilingWhere others followed fashionable trends, this group kept on following Jesus. Where pressure was great to compromise to the culture – the group kept on following Jesus. Where there was a push to focus on other areas – the group kept on following Jesus. Even when it put them in contempt of social gatekeepers – […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Following JesusThis is not my home. How do I cope? October 1996. To do the degree I needed to be stationed near the lecture facilities. That required relocating from everything that I knew into somethng very different. I had not considered what it was like to be in a strange place because home and church life […]
Read More The Daniel Files: 01 – IntroductionYou gotta be careful, they advised him. You gotta know what you’re going to do before you do it. You gotta make sure that everything is covered and sorted so that you don’t get messed up because you didn’t do your due diligence. He nodded his head. He understood what they were saying and the […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Check the Next StepJim had been a player in the lower leagues for years. He had moved from club to club from his apprenticeship years well into his twenties. He thought that this was his level. It took a scout from a major club to see Jim in action and approach him offering him the chance to join […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Check the Contract
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