You have 24 hours left to live. What would you do? You’re enjoying your final meal with those who have followed you for the last three and a half years. They don’t know it, but you know it. You know how this story ends and you know how it will impact those who have followed […]
Read More The Word In John: 13 – The Loving Lord Foot WasherLife was never to be lived on your own. It is baffling how individuals are given titles and positions with the thinking that they will do a particular job all on their own. Great expectations are placed on them, they are placed on a pedestal and enormous pressure is placed on them to keep up […]
Read More Say What You See: Collaborative MinistryShe said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.” […]
Read More Say What You See: Generous HospitalityA group of us are making our way through the books of Kings. At present we’re looking at 2 Kings 3. I’m a big fan of prophets because of their tendency to be against the grain. What I find interesting is how Elisha is described: And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the Lord […]
Read More Pouring Water On The HandsI wonder if the disciples knew what was about to happen. The description of the last few hours Jesus spends with disciples before His arrest as captured in John’s gospel account is fascinating. All the gospel accounts record incidents in which Jesus clearly informs His disciples that He will be killed and then return in […]
Read More Love To The ExtremeJohn D. Baptist was very brave. I mean who eats locusts? And honey? Who does that? But there is John having them as his diet. I wonder if he had Locust Pies? Locust Fillet? Pomme du Locusts? It’s a tough diet, but the brother stuck to it to his credit. So it’s got to take […]
Read More Do ItTherefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. (Acts 6:3) Recently I had the opportunity to observe a national church conference elect its executive board. Taking in the proceedings and following on from my post about reference to personal examples, […]
Read More How Would You Choose Those To Serve?If we’re not careful, the issues of life will successfully distract us from the real purpose to living. I was mindful of that recently when I was talking with a friend about some church matters, especially on how we grow together in Christ. In the light of that I had some questions to share with […]
Read More Just Some Jesus QuestionsHe was talking about what they did with the facility. As we sat and heard him talk, it highlighted just how much work needed to be done to help him and others have a different perspective. There was an almost fatalistic view of the facility as solely for the purpose of ‘worship services’. As a […]
Read More Building Worship or Worshipping BuildingsIt remains bizarre to me that followers of Jesus Christ at times segment their lives to suggest that there’s stuff that they do for God – the spiritual bit, the religious bit, the worship bit. Then there’s the bit that isn’t that which is referred to as the worldly bit, the secular bit and such […]
Read More What’s That You’re Offering?
Life With CD 