Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. – Matthew 11:20 The impression you can get of Jesus, is that He only said bad things of the religious rulers and other than that He was a cool, nice, placid kinda guy feeding […]
Read More Jesus CursesThere are times when I’m on a roll explaining something and someone makes an interjection that actually enhances the roll. We were looking at the history of the divided kingdom of Israel in the book of Kings and Chronicles. I was on a roll about the cycle of disaster and renewal that took place a […]
Read More RepentWhat fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols. Where then are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them come if they can save you when […]
Read More Idols Then Idols NowThe other day I sat in a church service and the one leading the service selected Revelation 3:14-22 as the scripture reading. The case is that we read the scripture, hear a little bit spoken about it and then carry on with whatever’s on the schedule. Indeed we can read it and never refer to […]
Read More Corporate RepentanceI’m sure your conscience is better than mine. Back in the day I did some things that would have been classed as ‘naughty’ but were really ‘bad’. I would be rumbled and then proceed to cry a river in apparent sorrow and plead for the mercy of the power that be. With the pleading was […]
Read More Godly Sorrow vs. Earthly SorrowIt appears as though the image of Christians in some media portrayals is not that far from the Pharisee depicted in Jesus’ parable. (By the way, it is ironic that some Christians take a holier-than-thou attitude to Pharisees as a whole. Indeed some of the anti-semitic sentiment can be seen as an expression of this […]
Read More Talking Point: Are Christians Cured Of Self-Righteousness?I think it’s safe to come out of the closet and announce … I’m not convinced about the argument that tithing is a command for the New Testament church. (What do you mean, there’s something that is meant by coming out of the closet? I thought everyone did it announce their disassociation with tithing as […]
Read More Cheating GodThe album was older, but I remember getting me hands on this album – Just Me This Time – as one of the first purchases I made that was rather special on Amazon way back in 1999. (Remember the 20th Century, folks? I was there!) I remember the thrill I had opening the wrapper and […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Purge Me – John P. KeeThere’s a bit of bother going on in the football world about racist comments made by players. In the media attention mention was made of a precedent of a player being charged with a racist statement. That case was interesting in that the player charged admitted it and made a public apology for his words […]
Read More … And I’ll Never Do It AgainAfter John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee and told the good news that comes from God. He said, “The time has come! God’s kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:14, 15 – CEV) Reading this part of Mark bugged me. It bugged me for a […]
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