The scene is very familiar. The two children are disciplined again for being naughty. The parents together agreed that the suitable response to the indiscretion was to ban the television watching for the evening. If the children follow this carefully, they will be allowed television watching as usual the next evening. As evening approaches the […]
Read More What He Said To YouJesus may well have had his moments of meekness and mildness. That did not mean he was unsure of Himself. In fact so assured was he that he was even able to suggest strongly that all his audience had hoped for was summed up in Him. He even had the boldness to state that the […]
Read More Something GreaterThe congregation had just finished singing the chorus “He Is Lord”. There had been the usual whooping and hollering and praises onto God for the nature of the song. Hands were raised and the occasional ‘hallelujah’ broke out. The saints were feeling good. The speaker seemed to be out of step with the mood of […]
Read More Why Call Him Lord When …This video is the inspiration for this post. The key was the part where David Stephens contrasts what faith is as opposed to what presumption is. The whole section of the necessity for God to initiate faith, rather than my presumption starting something and expecting God to show up was a splendid and refreshing reminder […]
Read More Suffering From Spiritual TinnitusDeborah is a smart girl. My firstborm really has a good brain operating that can pick up concepts very well and is able to explain them clearly and confidently. Seeing her doing it makes me very happy. This evening we were reading 1 Samuel 15 and considering why God wasn’t happy with Saul. Deborah heard […]
Read More September Sojourn: Taking God SeriouslyIf God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favour. Voltaire The futility of idolatry is worshipping something far less than we give it credit for. Imagine your two year old daughter getting some crayons and doing their version of Mummy and Daddy, then showing it to you. The standard reaction […]
Read More Making Jesus In Our Own ImageThis is a beautiful song. I love it because it has Andrae Crouch who has been one of my favourites for years and years. It has Marvin Winans who I’ve also loved a long time. The main reason why I love it though, is because the sentiments in it are so profound for church life. […]
Read More CD Songs: Let The Church Say Amen – Andrae Crouch feat. Marvin WinansSometimes I am informed by well meaning ‘super Christians’ that this following Jesus malarkey is really simple stuff. Read the Word – do what it says. What could be simpler? Take for example this beauty from James. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7b) Once I understand that it should be […]
Read More Resisting The Devil: Otherwise MagnetisedThe church is like a constitutional monarchy, where Jesus is allowed the title, but has no authority to make any decisions. (A.W. Tozer as quoted in Simple Church by Tony and Felicity Dale – p 25.) The book I’ve just started provided the quote for today’s blog entry. It was through the usual connections (King […]
Read More Who’s the Boss: Jesus Is Lord … On A Constitutional BasisWhere On Earth Is Crawley? I didn’t know where Crawley was before I used the ever so useful Google Maps to locate it on my behalf. Apparently it’s one of those new town type places and there’s nothing much coming out of Crawley. There’s no big deal about Crawley, except of course for the people […]
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