I always thought that the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price were primarily about my need to search for God. But as it turns out, I got things completely the wrong way around - and that was good news indeed.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Like Jesus turning water into the finest wine, just when all the wine’s run out, God turns despair into triumph just when all hope seems lost.
Friday, June 18, 2010
“…make every effort to add to your faith goodness… knowledge… self-control… perseverance… godliness… brotherly kindness… love… For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective… But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past [...]
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
In Genesis (chapters 16 and 21), there’s a story about Hagar, a maidservant of Abraham and Sarah (or ‘Abram’ and ‘Sarai’, until God changed their names). When Sarah failed to bear a child for Abraham, she came up with the idea of having Abraham sleep with Hagar so that at least he would have an [...]
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Often the worst accusations leveled against us aren’t the false ones but the ones that are true, and often the worst accusers aren’t other people, or even the devil, but ourselves.
Friday, December 18, 2009
It’s easy to condemn our hearts as bad, given all the evidence stacked against it – all the sins we commit even after becoming Christians, and despite our best intentions. The apostle Paul could probably have related to this.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The heart. It must be the most talked about, analysed and romanticised part of us, and for good reason. After all, the two most important things we’ll ever do in life require our heart: we need it to find God, and we need it to love God.
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
What could the Bible mean, when it warns, “Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise – why destroy yourself?” (Ecc 7:16-18, NIV).
Sunday, August 15, 2010
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