"A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special." NRMandela, c.1997
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.” Matthew 5:14-15
“The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard”
Sometimes it’s hard work reading through a book like Isaiah; it causes the reader to reflect on the earthy reality of what it means to be human in this world – broken, imperfect, discouraged, discouraging. Continue reading ” 20180201 God ‘has our backs’!”
Philippians 2:9-11 (NIV) Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
In my growing up years, it was Hymn Number 521. It’s the first line in a hymn written by Edward Mote in 1834. Continue reading “20171130 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less …”
As a long-time fan of U2 – I first learnt about their existence in my own Year 12 year, and I’m now in my 50s – I am excited when a new album is imminent. (I’ve already pre-ordered their next one, due out in the next few weeks …). Continue reading “20171116 In God’s Country”
Joshua 4:1-3. “When the whole nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua “Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”
Thirty-eight years as a follower of Jesus, I wonder whether the heading of this week’s blog mightn’t be an appropriate description of the walk we embark upon after that moment of realisation we have that we need God’s grace, His complete hope, as the saving work in our life.
Continue reading “20171102 Continual Reformation, Ongoing Transformation”
1 Peter 1:3-4 ”Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade.”
Jesus wept. John 11:35
In a world of instant communication, where face-to-face phone calls can be made from a moving train in Melbourne to a car hurtling down a highway in Malawi (I did this the other day, as I chatted with my best mate – he’s a missionary there), Continue reading “20171019 How do we say nothing?”
Psalm 150
Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Continue reading “20171011 The Beauty of Sound”
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