Something’s wrong? Is there something wrong? Yes, there’s something wrong? How do you know? Is it just a feeling? Where are you getting that sense of something being wrong from? Does that suggest that there is such a thing as right and wrong? Who determines that? OK, something’s wrong. What could happen? It’s serious? It’s […]
Read More Who Rules? Dealing With What’s WrongIn announcing His edicts on Kingdom living, the King contrasts what passes for the social and religious norm for the revised norm that expresses Kingdom Life. His social commentary holds nothing back in displaying the flaws of the religious norm. This is particularly evident when it comes to prayer. His critique is not just about […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Practice the Secret Life of PrayerTo a degree, you can understand the approach. The people looked to him when he told them they would be leaving Egypt. The people looked to him when they saw the signs that the departure was a reality. The people looked to him when they moved out of Egypt. The people looked to him when […]
Read More A Moses Profile: 11 – Take Advice, Relieve the BurdenI hope His light of righteousness guides you. I trust His wisdom to direct you. I know His mercy will restore. I’m sure His grace will lift you. Let the power of His presence fill you and let the knowledge of His word inform you. Focus on Him always and comfort, consolation, rebuke and correction […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Words To Build OnIt is not accepted by everyone. It is vigorously resisted in some areas. It is benignly neglected in other areas. Aggression and apathy form twin attacks in the effort to diminish the opportunity to embrace the rule of God. These weapons are joined by efforts at misinformation, compromise and corruption. Efforts made as much from […]
Read More Who Rules? Renewed CommitmentOne of the things that is promised is the clean sweep. That last person left a right mess – is the assertion. You cannot trust that last person if they have a mess on their hands. You need someone who will make a clean sweep of things. Versions of that appeal are made, not just […]
Read More Who Rules? Clean SweepIt’s someone else’s fault or it’s your responsibility. Apparently those are the choices. When it’s someone else’s fault, when it’s out of your control, then there is plenty of justification to point out someone else to blame. Things happen to you. You barely have any control. Something good happens – well what a timely stroke […]
Read More Who Rules? No Go for the Ego?Noah. He was the only right one left in a wrong world. He found favour with the Lord. The Creator gave him the escape route. He followed instructions and he and his family were saved. Now here he is. He made it through. But here he is. And it’s him and his wife and his […]
Read More Noah: Not The Perfect ManAlmost everyone is corrupted on the earth. Almost everyone has polluted the earth with their commitment to unrighteousness. Almost everyone is pleased to do what they want to do in their own eyes even if it brings about the demise of another human being. Almost. What is recorded about Noah is all the more remarkable. […]
Read More Noah: The Only One Right In A Wrong WorldThey do it for the sake of doing it. It’s what they’ve always done and so when this happens, it’s what they do. Yet there was always that word – why. Why are we doing this? Failure to satisfactorily answer that question often led to anger at the question. How dare the regular activities that […]
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