Wow - it’s been almost two years since I’ve posted anything here. Anyway - the day job has changed so I expect to start putting some fresh materials up. This is a meditation based on the Babel chapter in Chris Watkin’s excellent “Biblical Critical Theory”.
Joy
Matthew 13: Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
in Jesus Christ, Joy, Parable, Teaching, Wisdom
Wow it’s been a while since I posted something here!
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.”
Zacchaeus
in Repentance, Redemption, Messiah, Mercy, Joy, Jesus Christ
Forgiveness rooted in blessing
Circumstances
in Culture, Discipleship, Faith, Freedom, Holiness, Joy, Jesus Christ
Actions: what are we doing with the Bible
in Discipleship, Preaching, Redemption, Sin, Teaching, Wisdom, Joy, Isolation, Freedom, Conversion
Jonah
in Arrogance, Community, Conversion, Culture, Death, Discipleship, Freedom, Father, Grace, Heaven, Hell, Idols, Jesus Christ, Joy, Judgement, Life, Love, Mercy, Narcissism, Preaching, Repentance, Redemption, Resurrection, Sin, Suffering, Wisdom
“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.”
Jonah 2:8
Easter Sunday
in Life, Resurrection, Jesus Christ, Joy, Heaven, Cross, Grace
Death could not hold him., and now he holds us.
5 lies of identity
in Sin, Fulfilment, Grace, Repentance, Joy, Discipleship, Freedom, Life, Jesus Christ, Idols, Wisdom
Colossians 2:8-10
8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of this world rather than on Christ.
9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority.
Tsunami of Grief/countered by Eternal Growth
in Death, Faith, Grace, Life, Love, Suffering, Resurrection, Jesus Christ, Reconciliation, Eternity, Prayer, Revelation, Service, Joy
“This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. “ 1 Peter 1:4-6