I am blessed with amazing friends who elicit the most amazing things from me because of them. One of the most touching things that my wife shares with me, is that she has never told anyone else she loves them as much as she tells me. What is all the more profound is how often […]
Read More A Delight: His Word Hid In My HeartA few of us are going through the book of Romans. Yeah. That’s right. Thanks for your prayers. In going through this letter from Paul, I am caught up with the beautiful outline of the love God expresses for us. A love that reconciles and a love that saves. How great the Father’s love for […]
Read More An Acknowledgement Of Great Truth: God’s Great GraceThere is a saying that suggests sometimes it’s good to be bad. It’s not just a saying whipped out by the villain in a cartoon. There is an element in people that allows for a little bad from time to time. Perhaps the little white lie, maybe not putting in as much effort at work. […]
Read More Growing Pains 2: Called To Be HolyRecently I came across this interview with Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones. I have heard of him, but don’t know all that much about him. I sat to watch this video and mused on how many similarities there are between the issues he challenges at the time of the interview – over 40 years ago – […]
Read More MLJ On The Problem With Modern ManGod is interesting. Here He is, the Holy One, for whom the angels can only declare that aspect of His character. As such He is the truest and greatest expression of purity in the universe. He abhors anything that is unlike Him in His holiness. What does He do? Sends the Lamb without blemish and […]
Read More Dealing With DefilingThe Problem With Sin Sin has a lot to answer for. I was reminded today of the corrosive effect sin has on people. Especially Christians. The story was that a man wanted to be the man he should be in his relationship with his wife. Unfortunately on one occasion he was unfaithful to his wife […]
Read More Looking For Real MenLife is so hard. I read that somewhere. I heard it somewhere else. I even said it. On one or two (hundred) occasions. In the light of walking with Jesus and knowing of the gospel message, I thought maybe God’s original plan in making man, was to avoid life being hard. Then I read this […]
Read More Life Is Hard – But …I asked this question on Twitter recently. Would you change your behaviour if you were shown, beyond any doubt, that it was ineffective, a waste of time and dangerous? That might seem like a fairly straightforward question to answer, until you compare it to experiences both observed and endured. I will talk about myself and […]
Read More Defeating The Power Of Negative ConditioningThe woman told me she belonged to a fellowship. This woman, who for the sake of the argument we’ll call Alison (not her real name), did not know I was a Christian. I don’t always jump at every opportunity to say ‘Snap’ whenever I come across a professing believer. Alison was a lot more open […]
Read More When You Think Of Church, Do You Think Of Confessional Community?There are some big issues that you consider when you talk about Christianity. Sexuality, gender, abortion, prosperity, relevance to present cultural issues, etc. In that list, you’ll be hard pressed to come up with someone who is really passionate about the topic of blasphemy. Which is interesting. Likewise if you were to take a survey […]
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