It 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 QuoDeborah, my beloved first-born, asked me recently why she would have to be quiet after break today (Thursday). I thought that was a bit of an odd question to ask until my wife helped me understand that it was Remembrance Day with the poppies and the things related to it. When that finally clicked, it […]
Read More Always Remember: Keep This In MindSo yesterday I’m celebrating me sister’s birthday and eventually get to speak to her today – being so busy with all her calls and stuff was obviously very tiring work. Anyway, whilst conversing I come across a phrase that I never considered properly until it came out of my mouth. “It’s the least I could […]
Read More It’s The Least I Could DoI don’t celebrate Easter, but I do celebrate the reality of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ and I find this song as sung by Keith Green to be hugely inspirational in reminding me of that reality and I want to celebrate that today like never before, just as Paul said he wants […]
Read More Easter Song – Keith GreenThis post brings to a conclusion a mini-series I’ve done since last night on different versions of this one song. I’ve been through the beginning with the version I’m most used to. Then I posted an entry with a life-changing encounter with a version that got me thinking seriously about the lyrical content. All the […]
Read More Love So Amazing, So Divine …There are three versions of this song and although I don’t usually do the music thing at this time, I’m happy to make an exception for a song that means so much to me. The lyrics provide the reason why I am profoundly moved by it. In line with the focus of the next 24 […]
Read More When I Survey The Wondrous Cross – My First VersionThen Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46) Jesus says quite a bit on the cross. It’s not a sermon altogether, but when you read Luke, Matthew and John gives a lot of Jesus in the […]
Read More The Death of Christopher Dryden: Crosswords at the CrossroadsI am convinced that often in my daily life – perhaps too often – I glory in something other than Jesus. I take delight in something other than the Cross. Left to my own devices I lose track of the real deal and get caught up in the slipstream of the banality and mediocrity of […]
Read More Glory In The Cross – Larnelle HarrisThese kind of songs are wonderful at getting perspective back on the point of the whole Christian experience. It is about communion, it is about bread and wine, body and blood. It is about so much more. It is about what they represent and what they mean to regular Christian living. Starting the day with […]
Read More Behold The Lamb – Stuart TownendJesus told his disciples that those who hunger and thirst after righteousness (HATAR) shall be satisfied and I recognise that that sense of satisfaction that I need in life comes back to the issue of where I’m hungering and thirsting after. My idea of hungering and thirsting after righteousness is about pursing Jesus and like […]
Read More HATAR – Fast Reflections – Giving It All Up
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