Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. (Proverbs 4:23, 24) The two sentiments are linked. We will have a tendency to speak what comes from the heart. However much we tend to cover it with […]
Read More MTP04 – Words From The HeartIt is already established that Jesus and the religious rulers of His day got on together like two things that did not get on together. The animosity and hostility between the two would almost inevitably pop out whenever the Pharisees saw what Jesus was up to and what law they had perceived He had broken. […]
Read More Insights From Matthew – Traditions of Men and Corrupt HeartsI was having a chat with a couple of Jehovah’s Witnesses. As ever in their missionary strategy they got round to asking me if I wished to explore the truth further with them along the lines of the helpful literature they have produced. I know it may come as a surprise to you, but actually […]
Read More Nothing But The Truth …As I’ve shared before, I’m still reading at a progressive rate and it’s not unusual (as the Prophet Tom Jones once shared in song) for me to have a number of books on the go. I have something called a Wednesday book, which I’ve only tended to read on a Wednesday. (See how it works? […]
Read More Heart Warming Stories and Life Transforming TruthJesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) When speaking of the way, truth and life, taken separately we do not relate them to a person. The way is a journey or process. The truth is often regarded […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Way, The Truth and The LifeMacbeth and Mike Tyson. What are the odds of reading a blog with both of these characters? Don’t go searching it would be a most thankless task. I watched the portrayal of Macbeth starring Patrick Stewart that was on BBC Four not that long ago. More4 also showed a film which was basically an extended […]
Read More The Truth vs. The TrueBefore I wrote this morning’s post on Jesus being the Door, I read and re-read John 9 and 10. In the preparation for these posts I would often spend some time pondering on my assumptions about certain references and how they match up to other perspectives on those same scriptures. For example John 10:10 is […]
Read More Jesus – Access Opened Or DeniedYou may recall that at the beginning of the month I asked the question, who is Jesus and this has a bearing on what follows. Also on the ‘do you remember’ trip, back in May this year I wrote an entry on this here blog about the truth that God loves. Reading it again in […]
Read More Introducing Jesus Is …I love words. That’s not the first time I’ve said that and it won’t be the last. It is hopefully something that is fairly obvious from this here blog which is driven by them as well as the Other Place. In as much as I wouldn’t class myself as a high intellectual, I acknowledge that […]
Read More The Word In The Flesh – Not On PaperShould be a straightforward question and yet it’s hard to pin it down a lot of the time. This series of insights proves the points to a tee. For His Name’s Sake Shalom dmcd
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