DON’T SAY YES TO EVERY “GOOD” THING

Exodus 32:9-10 God said to Moses, “I look at this people—oh! what a stubborn, hard-headed people! Let me alone now, give my anger free reign to burst into flames and incinerate them. But I’ll make a great nation out of you.” Moses was offered the 'chance of a lifetime' if we really consider what happened.... Continue Reading →

LEAVING ALL

Mark 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. "ALL" is an interesting word because it can be quite a challenge to establish exactly what is included in that all. For the widow who had two coins, that was her ALL. To Abraham, Isaac was his... Continue Reading →

REVIEWING ‘FRIENDSHIPS’

Reference text: Sirach 6:5-17 The reference text today draws our attention to a question: 'which kind of friend are you, and which kind of friends do you have? It captures 4 categories of friendship: VS 8 For there are friends who are such when it suits them, but they will not stand by you in... Continue Reading →

YOU HAVE TO PICK A SIDE

Jesus uses an interesting statement to delineate some clear boundaries in: "whoever is not against us, is for us"( Mark 9:40) There were only two sides: for and against. Likewise, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, good and evil, or life and death (Genesis 8:22, Deuteronomy 30:15) When... Continue Reading →

THE FAITH “HALL OF FAME”

Time and time again, the word of God reveals the vast distinction between the ways of God and those of men, between his thoughts and ours. Hebrews 11 is what is summarized as the 'faith hall of fame' because in it, men and women captured through the pages of scripture are highlighted for explicit commendation.... Continue Reading →

THE FAITH “HALL OF FAME”

Time and time again, the word of God reveals the vast distinction between the ways of God and those of men, between his thoughts and ours. Hebrews 11 is what is summarized as the 'faith hall of fame' because in it, men and women captured through the pages of scripture are highlighted for explicit commendation.... Continue Reading →

THE FAITH “HALL OF FAME”

Time and time again, the word of God reveals the vast distinction between the ways of God and those of men, between his thoughts and ours. Hebrews 11 is what is summarized as the 'faith hall of fame' because in it, men and women captured through the pages of scripture are highlighted for explicit commendation.... Continue Reading →

MINIBITES

1. BECOMING BEGINGS WITH FOLLOWING In my memory, Mark 1:17 is stored as"Follow me and I will make you fishers of men". But reading it again today, I think I will update that text to the version  "Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men." The statement "make you to... Continue Reading →

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