But the wisdom from above is … sincere. James 3:17 Good old Greek has a word for doing something without hypocrisy. That word – which you don’t really need to know as it’s unlikely to change the conversation you’re having over a cup of coffee/tea/orange juice/water – is what other translations have helpfully summarised as to do […]
Read More A Word of Wisdom: It’s About SincerityThis is a further entry in the ongoing blog conversation with the Dryden brother of our sister Ruth preferred by all with taste, David. Here’s the premise. Previously in the conversation: I don’t need to pander to my brother or to make a big appeal to anyone to read what he says. I don’t agree […]
Read More ADBC: 16 – Truth, Injustice and MumIt says something about the state of affairs when people have to sit down and express what is referred to as, ‘home truths’. Among other things, what that says is that things have been allowed to carry on without those truths being addressed. What it also says is that while activities have taken place and […]
Read More If The Truth Be ToldSomebody tells you something. They sound very matter-of-fact about it. They appear convinced in what they’re saying. Then you ask them some questions about what they’ve said and it soon emerges that the confidence they showed at first was based on nothing more than having heard it from what they thought to be a trusted […]
Read More From A Trusted SourceHow did that detachment happen? Did He really say that you will die? You won’t die. You’ll be like Him. You won’t need Him. You’ll be able to do it on your own. From that has come the offer of other sips of deception. Sip One: Why listen to them? What do they know? They […]
Read More Never DetachedCan they take your word for it? When we were children we used to say we would do something whilst crossing our fingers behind our back as though that held some power to prevent us from sticking to whatever we said. Eventually twigging onto that we employed the equally absurd charge that someone should cross […]
Read More King Jesus Says – Let Your Word BeWhat do you believe? Why do you believe it? Can we explore it? Can we talk about that? When we disagree, how will we handle that? Is there agreement on the value of truth and respect? Can we have a conversation about it? What is there worth valuing in life? How do you define those […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Have A Conversation About ItWhat matters more – my feelings or the truth? It would be easy to say ‘the truth’. Experience, however, reveals that my feelings trump the truth. Offended at grievances, rather than searching for the truth of the matter, I’m more prone to make a mission of harbouring bitterness to the one who caused the hurt […]
Read More My Feelings and the TruthConditioned. The four men – Tim, John, Greg and Simon – had agreed that to some degree they were all conditioned. As they chuckled and took another bite of their meal or swig of their drink, Simon asked the question, “How do we know that the way we were conditioned or are being conditioned is […]
Read More Diligence: Truth for Reconditioning (Part Two)They do it for the sake of doing it. It’s what they’ve always done and so when this happens, it’s what they do. Yet there was always that word – why. Why are we doing this? Failure to satisfactorily answer that question often led to anger at the question. How dare the regular activities that […]
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