The good times and the bad times. You don’t remember the other times. They slip away. But those good times and those bad times stick in the memory. What’s the point of them, though? What are they there for? Our perspective on them matters. Our method of processing those memories can be the difference between […]
Read More Dryden Shorts – The MemoriesKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the Lord smelt the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 4: The Clean Slate Initiative: ConclusionsIt’s not just the actions it’s what motivates the actions. It’s not just the intentions but the actions that flow from those intentions. The reason why the issue is so problematic is found in the answer to two revealing questions: For what purpose? For whose glory? The first one is a common question that scratches […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Two Revealing QuestionsThere are few things in life more fulfilling and energising than discovering what God put you on this earth to do. Jesus lived and served to fulfil what God put Him on the earth to do. He realised He was sent, He knew the assignment and brought glory to God by fulfilling that. This is […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: DiscoverThe routine carries on as it has for years. Very little variation needed because we’re comfortable with it. Yet is that what He wanted? The speaker gets to speak and the singers get to sing and the people can stand and sit at the right time. Yet is that what He wanted? Did the saints […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: What Would He Want?If you do it out of fear, then you’ve probably got the wrong one. If you do it out of a sense of being the centre of the universe, you’ve probably not got the right one either. If you do it out of a recognition for the greatness of God and your position of rebellion […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Get It RightWe are capable of praise. There is a lot of negativity. There is a lot of praise. Sometimes it’s because of the praise, that negativity emerges. It’s worth applying that praise to One who is worthy of it and then gives the premise for everything else that is praiseworthy. Hope in God is motivation to […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: In Praise Of …This is part of an ongoing blog conversation with my brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: David gave a considered response to the issue of if humanity was corrupt and irredeemable. His basis for the answer should be very telling indeed for anyone looking for some idea of the nature of humanity. He […]
Read More ADBC: 06 – On the Purpose of Life and Loving The Sinner, Not The SinThis is done for Him. To please and honour Him. This is done for others. To benefit by offering insights that can enrich, challenge and otherwise positively shape life. This is done for me. An outlet of expression to exercise skills developed over time and continue to improve and pursue greater scope for using them. […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: For Who?Waking up each morning. Wondering why. Why wake up? What’s the point? Why not just pull the covers over again? In fact, why bother carrying on at all? In as much as I love my family and am grateful to God for them, primarily living for them as a purpose to keep going is relatively […]
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