Romans 2:4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? Men often choose to relate with what gives them the most advantage. They develop what you could refer to as 'selective... Continue Reading →
THERE IS LOVE, MERCY AND JUDGMENT IN GOD
Romans 2:4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? Men often choose to relate with what gives them the most advantage. They develop what you could refer to as 'selective... Continue Reading →
THERE IS LOVE, MERCY AND JUDGMENT IN GOD
Romans 2:4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to lead you to repentance? Men often choose to relate with what gives them the most advantage. They develop what you could refer to as 'selective... 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 →
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 →