Day 8: Submit Yourselves to God Read James 4:1-12 Context: What does James identify as the root cause of conflicts and quarrels within the Christian community? In a stunning summation of all that he’s outlined so far, James identifies the root cause of conflicts as the same divided loyalties he established at the start of […]
Read More WIWO: James Day 8: Submit Yourselves to GodPeople will do well in life if they are wise. Feel free to argue against that if you want. As you do that, however, working on that assumption, this recent series on Above vs Below has contrasted wisdom from below with the wisdom that comes from God. The basis of that has been what James […]
Read More A Word Of Wisdom: It’s About Being CompliantThis is another entry in the ongoing blog conversation with my brilliant brother, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: I got him!! Yeah, I got him!! I wasn’t looking to get him. I didn’t set him up to be got … but I got him. What do I mean? So David gave a […]
Read More ADBC: 12 – Submission, The States and Those SongsFollow One Course Until Success (Part 1 of the FOCUS series.) It was my cousin, Paul, who sent me a message with that acronym. I had not come across it before. It came at a very good time for me as well, with so much going on in my life. This acronym, this instruction for […]
Read More FollowYou ever see someone come back from an injury too quickly? The player suffered the injury and it put him out of the game for a long time. Everyone was keen for him to make a full recovery, but the medical team and the coach depended on the player to be truthful in sharing the […]
Read More The Rise After The Fall Comes When We Fall To Be RisenOne of the things I love about reading is how important it is to stop to pay attention to it. In certain conversations I have, it’s as though the other person isn’t so much keen on stopping to pay attention as looking for the opportunity to unload their spiel. You can’t do that with reading […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: ReadingFor some it happens at a crisis moment in life. That was certainly the case with me. In that crisis it was brought to my attention like never before that this life can be run along one of two ways – my way or God’s way. Making my way His way would still in essence […]
Read More A Choice To MakeThere is a derisory phrase used by some to comment on someone drastically changing their mind on a matter. The term is that such a person has had a ‘come to Jesus’ moment. It’s interesting that this practice is used for satirical or cynical reasons. It’s interesting because the invitation to come to Jesus is […]
Read More Be A Good HOST – Conclusion?There are words that don’t have an appeal in the modern world. One of those words is submission. Plenty of reasons why that is the case and some of them are rooted in the misuse and active abuse of the term to refer to oppressive and derogatory relationships. In an era where self-realisation and equality […]
Read More Be A Good HOST – SubmissionThere is something about the customer service industry and the consumer culture that thrives on something actually very positive. A lot is invested in giving customer satisfaction through the quality of service offered. Professional and efficient, timely and courteous, the values are fairly well known from company to company. The delivery of these qualities on […]
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