Where I have been reading.
I tend to read all over the Bible, never one place for long.
This is what I have been up to.
Evident within them.
Evident within them. If God made it evident to them, and God is true, then every unbeliever is a liar. The act of denying creates a character structure in them. Their sense of being becomes tied to their denying, and the denial becomes a defining part of who they are,...
Jesus, mad, bad or God?
Jesus, mad, bad or God? Preachers. Mad Bad Or preachers of Jesus as God How can you tell what kind of a preacher a person is? Are they a follower of Jesus or a promoter of themselves? Are they deluded? Are they a cult?The fruit of the Holy Spirit.But the...
Three Things
Three Things. I am not telling you anything you do not already know or believe. Rather I want to affirm in you those things we talked about the other day that you do need to focus on.Not popular media Jesus, or some western Jesus, or church Jesus. But Jesus as he...
A Tale of Three Cities, Part One
A Tale of Three Cities, Part One My Grandfather was a Mason, meeting in a small nondescript hall (Waihenga St John's Masonic Lodge) in the town of Martinborough. Supposedly he had a high rank.My dad got invited by my grandfather to become a Freemason but turned my...
Discipleship
What is Discipleship?Grace is free and un-earnable. Discipleship will cost us our lives. Compared to the value of the grace, the cost is nothing. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot. What is discipleship? It is agreeing...
Nature Nurture
Nature and NurtureWhat roles are available to women? Wife/Mother, you really do not want one without the other. In these roles, there are obvious attributes of Nurturer/Teacher, even the keeper of wisdom. Our use of our sexuality does define us. Celebrant Prostitute...
Chat GPT
Chat GPTChatGPT is very capable of predicting the next word. It is not intelligent, skillful, aware, or HAS understanding. The prompt you provide starts ChatGPTs' answer. This answer is not thoughtful, not contemplative, but is merely a cascade of words whose order...
Our God is too small
Our God is too small I see many people “losing their faith” because the god of their childhood is eclipsed but their growing knowledge and understanding and their faith crumbles like a sandcastle before the incoming tide. There is of course a big problem if your...
Status Quo
Status Quo When you are involved in organized religion, status quo become very important so as the keep the group stable and growing. Awkward question are often banished. Dissenting idea get squashed. Sometime this is because the hierarchy feels threatened, but...
Life Sucks
We are born, grow old and die of our last disease. Such is the nature of entropy.Such is the nature of mistakes in DNA replication.Such is the base nature of what we were born with physically and born into spiritually. We are born into a broken world. What do you...
Is God Sovereign?
Is God Sovereign?Is God in Control?Does God know? If you think these things are true, it does not remove the possibility that you will die a violent death.Be it a car accident, a fall, a mugging, or a murder. A quote I saw recently: I would rather take a very small...
Gentleness
Gentleness Blessed are those who could slay with one strike but leave their sword sheathed. For in their powerful gentleness, they will inherit the earth. The powerful sword wielder knows that blood leads to more blood. The sword is useful for eliminating, but...
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