What kind of Messiah is that? He’s knocking about with those tax collectors and sinners – eating and drinking with them. I think I just saw him laugh at one of their jokes. Does this man not know who he’s dealing with? What’s that? Zacchaeus??? He’s going to have a meal with that fraud? At his […]
Read More Getting His Hands Mucky: Doesn’t He Know Who He’s Dealing With?It’s an aspect of someone’s character that I have admired. Recently though there’s been reason to commend the When we read about Jesus and the amazing things He says and does, it’s understandable we think He’s being radical. What is apparent from the Law and Prophets, however, is that concern for the poor and needy was […]
Read More For The Sake Of The Poor And NeedyMen and brethren, what shall we do? Do you understand what you’re reading? Here’s water, what’s stopping me getting baptised? When the King heard the words, he rent his clothes and called for national reform. When he recovered his sight and got baptised, filled with the Spirit he went about preaching the good news. These […]
Read More How Now Should We Live?Stability. People like stability. It’s not that we don’t like change – honest. Some change we welcome with open arms. Yet as long as there’s stability it makes things alright. What is offered with Jesus ruling from the throne forever is not just stability – it is something that expresses itself in full righteousness. It […]
Read More It Will Never End (Part Two)He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.” (Luke 1:32-33) There are times where a simple statement will have me transfixed. This is one […]
Read More It Will Never End (Part One)The single human voice is a powerful instrument. Hearing a gifted voice convey a message on it’s own can be quite the moving experience and you can truly appreciate tone and feeling by it. Yet there can be no doubt that all you have to do is add another voice that accompanies that one, taking […]
Read More AccompanimentIt’s not good to get hung up on routines, but it’s good to have routines in place that help make progress. I started blogging because I liked the idea of an outlet for my interest in writing. I had read a friend’s blog which he used as a travel diary. I was really impressed with […]
Read More Rhythm and FlowNo this is not about how to rile an old rock group. It occurs to me time and again that accepting the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the priority of His Kingdom does not fit well with any prevailing way of living. Even in settled Christian communities there’s somewhat of a tendency to adopt a […]
Read More Upsetting the Status QuoI mean it. It was an accident I didn’t mean it. Two phrases that you may be somewhat familiar with. The second one is an interesting one. I deliver Health and Safety training which brings us across this word and a definition for it goes along the lines that an accident is an unplanned and […]
Read More IntentionalityWe can get hung up on the wrong things, get distracted and completely miss the point. Maybe the way we converse is not always respectful. Some of the things that are said are done with an aggressive and pained spirit that often seeks to be vindicated more than it seeks solutions. Some of the things […]
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