This morning my wife informed me that a red T-shirt I owned had run its course and was good for nothing other than being disposed of. That’s one of the reasons why I love my wife, she’ll be aware of things before me to stop me going way beyond the time. I am really like […]
Read More ThankfulnessSome people have a problem with heroes. I don’t have a problem with it. This morning whilst minding my own business – honest – I came across information that apparently earlier this year Batman celebrated 75 years of existence. Growing up my brother and I loved super heroes. We collected some of the comic books, […]
Read More Having HeroesThe month of November. This has been a very interesting month. I set out to do a number of things over the month especially to do with Bible Study and I am grateful to God that I was able to accomplish them. There were some very challenging issues that took place over the month, whether […]
Read More Grateful For … (21)The driving motor behind my life is the desire to know Jesus more. Previously this was a mentally stimulating exercise. It would be about getting information about the things of Him and then information about Him. It was a good pastime among the other pastimes I had. I realised, however, that this was not enough. […]
Read More More Of JesusDear children, keep yourselves from idols. (1 John 5:21) The end of the love letter of John to the church is rather abrupt and can appear to come from nowhere. After all, he has been outlining the importance of faith in the Son, living in the Son, accepting the testimony about Jesus Christ being the […]
Read More The Love Letter of John: 5 – How To Avoid IdolatryA song. I am very grateful for today. I often say Thursday is the best day of the week and today really lived up to the billing. I delivered a training session with people and felt it was worthwhile – which is not always the case. I felt it was consistently sufficient for it s […]
Read More Grateful For … (19)Faith in God is based on who God is. The phrase ‘God is love’ is so short and simple, yet so easy to misunderstand. John, who stresses this aspect of who God is, helps us to find both how that love is expressed and the consequence of that love. As God is love, we see […]
Read More The Love Letter Of John: 4 – First LoveManhood. Over ten years ago, before we were married, my wife and I went to a large Christian conference. One session we sat in looked at the topic of biblical manhood and womanhood. At the time I was serious about desiring Authrine to be my wife, and Authrine was content to take her time considering […]
Read More Grateful For … (17)Good starts. I take good starts for granted. I was even saying to a colleague today that I prefer bad starts and good finishes to good starts and bad finishes. Yet today was a notable exception. My alarm goes off at 0500 and it’s not unusual that it will take me the best part of […]
Read More Grateful For … (16)Let me be honest with you. I haven’t always been honest. Sometimes I’ve been downright devious and duplicitous. (Great word to use for something not great at all.) One thing I can say about such moments is that it feels heavy. It feels like for whatever ‘gain’ I get from it is overwhelmed with a […]
Read More The Love Letter of John: 1 – Light Walkers
