The responsibilities of discipleship, living the Truth, and becoming a Voice unto others
I was blessed to spend a weekend with some young people some months ago talking about Freedom in Christ, based on John 8:32, where Christ says, "The Truth shall set you free". Someone asked that, although Christ was talking about "The Truth" in this instance, was there a sense in which just telling the truth, […]
So far, we have seen our problems with polarisation and bias and that we must not assume that God is on our side. God is on His own side. Our responsibility is to seek to know Him and His will in honesty and humility. And that takes a lifetime. So, how do we handle division […]
In our previous article we saw how trial exposes us and how easily we sink into childish behaviour that results in “them and us”. It would be good, wouldn’t it, if we could all agree? But, by agree we usually mean, they must agree with Me. The problem of bias We all think that our […]
“He broke my house!” shouted the child, shattering the peace and looking desperately for me to right the wrong done to him, rivulets of tears glistening his distorted face. “See! He kicked over the chair! He always spoils everything!” “No, I didn’t. He did it himself when I was straightening the chair, and he pulled […]
It has always fascinated me how different conversations can lead us to look at the Word of God in a way that, perhaps, we might not usually think about. This happened to me recently when two totally unrelated conversations caused me to think about two questions that they raised. Two important questions that affect our […]