Poor Stephen cannot get a break. The Stephen in question is the dude mentioned in Acts 6 and 7. And by a break, I refer to me bothering his story again and again and again. On this occasion I am just amazed at his final words. Then he fell on his knees and cried out, […]
Read More Solid September Signing: Seeing Forgiveness In The Light Of ChristSome people can’t seem to catch a break. They make a mistake, they are heavily chastised for that mistake. They work hard at keeping themselves out of trouble. In a moment of temptation, when under great pressure they slip up again. The grief they face for it makes the previous chastened experience appear tame in […]
Read More Getting Your Act Together Still Takes TimeJesus teaches us to be people of peace. If someone strikes me on one cheek, I am to turn the other cheek. If someone takes my jacket, I should give him my shirt. My motives must never be driven with the selfish desire to gain the upper hand or get revenge. This is not of […]
Read More Family Values: Bible StyleJesus, Jesus, how I trust Him How I proved Him, o’er and o’er Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus Oh for grace to trust Him more (Words by Louisa M. R. Stead) Back Then I thought I knew what hatred was. My passion back then was football and as a Liverpool fan the enemy were Manchester United. […]
Read More Anger, Hatred and GraceKeith Giles writes over there at Subversive1. If your Christianity is relatively comfortable because it doesn’t demand that much from you other than to believe that Jesus is out for your best interests and wants you to be happy, warm and cuddly, then you might want to give Subversive a miss. Likewise if you are […]
Read More The Church That Embraces Those Society RejectsFor what feels like years, part of the world of television advertising has been dominated by the GoCompare campaign. First you had the singing tenor dude doing his thing in various settings and then the company really latched onto the public sentiment by sending him up as a target figure for the millions who were […]
Read More Go Compare? I Don’t Think SoI love the phrase ‘I was minding my own business’. It is a particular favourite prelude to something happening to change the whole business that I was minding at the time. So. I was minding my own business when I bumped into this blog entry about The Hardest Truth by Keith Giles. Read it. It […]
Read More What Did I Do To God? Reading The Ezekiel 16 AgainHere’s a tricky thing about following Jesus. It can be an intensely personal and individual journey. To a large degree you’re responsible for your own development and commitment to Christ. When we are judged we won’t be able to blame church leaders and all that kinda jazz. We will be judged on individual grounds. Yet […]
Read More Be Careful Lest They FallSome Christians can come across as super-spiritual with a piety that would embarrass Moses and a take on things those that who fail to live up to moral standards that makes you feel lower than a worm. Dig a little into their behaviour, though, especially when there’s no one looking and you discover that a […]
Read More Avoiding Life’s LoopholesI was thinking about divorce recently. Not to worry, I wasn’t thinking of it in direct relation to my current marriage to my first wife (unpick the faux pas from that!) I was thinking of it in terms of what a tragedy and a trauma it is on so many different levels. Even in the […]
Read More Compelled by Compassion, Motivated by Mercy
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