Reference text: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 Today's letter to Timothy presents the criteria Bishops had to meet to qualify for office, and this was a tall list encompassing maturity in both character and stature. However, the statement that is the core of our discourse is found in 1 Timothy 3:5 ' For if someone does not... Continue Reading →
THERE HAS TO BE A TRAINING GROUND
Reference text: 1 Timothy 3:1-13 Today's letter to Timothy presents the criteria Bishops had to meet to qualify for office, and this was a tall list encompassing maturity in both character and stature. However, the statement that is the core of our discourse is found in 1 Timothy 3:5 ' For if someone does not... Continue Reading →
LOVING IS HARD
Reference text: Luke 6:27-38 The two greatest commands in scripture are summarised in two short phrases "love for God" and "love for neighbour". If you thought either of those are simple, then you really have not understood love; t's length, depth, breadth and width. It is the expanse of these dimensions that moved God to... Continue Reading →
WHAT FRAGRANCE WILL YOU EMIT?
Reference text: John 12:1-11 John 12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. Without knowing what was physically in the jar, once that Alabaster jar Mary was... Continue Reading →
THE GOSPEL IN THE GOSPEL
Reference Luke 15:11-32The homily shared from the Gospel was eye opening, so I share it with as much verbatim as I recall it "If there was an Oscar's for the best parable in the Gospel, that of the prodigal son will probably be an easy first contender. It is referred to as the Gospel in... Continue Reading →
THE PURSUIT OF FREEDOM
Reference: Luke 15:11-32 Today's text is a familiar story: a young man who had the boldness to ask his father for his share of the inheritance before his father died. What we see unfold are a series of actions and events that highlighted the impact of immaturity and poor character development on inheritances. This applies... Continue Reading →
SUCH LOVE
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. We are often motivated to live right, pursuinf a life of honour to God that brings pleasure to him. We do so to show our love for Him.... Continue Reading →
THE DUTY OF ALL MEN
When an individual applies for a job, there is often a specification which accompanies the role. This document should detail expectations, responsibilities, targets and often times, a reward system. Inherently therefore, accompanying all duties are a reward setup that in an ideal case, matches up to the expected duties. It may therefore appear strange for... Continue Reading →
Minibites
1. "If you're walking through the dessert and you see the carcass of a great man, don't take a selfie, what killed them is not too far"Ap. F. L We live in an age where men are more concerned about comments and remarks. An age where the causes of events, alongside is consequences are often... Continue Reading →