The Kingdom of God is about more than just my justice. The expression of pride starts with anything that resembles self. So I’m more interested in my stuff, my family, my ethnicity, my nationality, my intellectual taste, my Christian background/denominational affiliation … my stuff. So something is not fair, if it affects my stuff. One […]
Read More Kingdom Matters – More Than Just My JusticeBlame MLK For This One I was reflecting on my reading consumption of late, and I must confess I’m rather pleased with how much I’m consuming. Yet I know I could do a bit better in finishing some of the ones I start and stop to read others. So, for example, having mentioned it a […]
Read More Christian Conundrums – For Convenience’s SakeI know this is usually put at the end of a church gathering, but listening to this works for me just as well at the beginning of the day … indeed any time of the day. I love the reminder it gives me of what resides in me and how I share that with others […]
Read More DMCD Songs: May The Peace Of God – Stuart TownendCome to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28-30) […]
Read More Jesus Is … Meek and LowlyHe answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (John 9:25) The Kingdom of God – the rule of God Himself is marked by those who are sick being healed. Jesus Himself exemplified the rule of God in bringing healing […]
Read More Jesus Is … A HealerBehold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. (Isaiah 32:1, 2) Simon Peter replied, “You are […]
Read More Jesus Is … A RockI keep reading words about peace and get all these different images of what we mean when we talk about peace and it’s always a bit unsettling considering some perceptions. For example two conflicting parties minimise their differences to accommodate each other and claim to have peace in their time. Without resolving their differences – […]
Read More Peace At What Price?For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Prince of PeaceIt is very difficult to be a follower of Jesus Christ and not be an irritant to your culture. Some succeed in not being a full-blown offence to those around them, but most in one or shape or form make those who live in their culture rather uncomfortable. This is not a deliberate ploy to […]
Read More Upsetting the Status QuoThere is an attitude that I developed that was not helpful at all in relationships. That attitude was based on a thinking that if I was right about something and you didn’t agree with it then not only were you wrong, but you needed to be shown the error of your ways and then convert […]
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