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The Secret Of Serenity
While some were saying, ‘He is a good man,’ others were saying, ‘No, he is deceiving the crowd.’ John 7:12. Let us wander through the fourth gospel using a ‘reading, meditating, praying’ sequence to help us understand who Jesus was (and is). They are Jesus’ last days on earth. In John 7 the ‘countdown to […]
The Eucharist: High Drama
The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ 1 Corinthians 11:23,24. The Lord’s Supper, or ‘eucharist’, is really high drama. The early Christians […]
Beauty
TRUE BEAUTY Do not adorn yourselves outwardly… rather, let your adornment be the inner self with the lasting beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. 1 Peter 3:4. D.H.Lawrence said the human soul is more in need of beauty than bread. But what is beauty? For John Keats ‘a thing of beauty is a joy […]
Wisdom And Obedience
The Jews were astonished, saying, ‘How does this man have such learning, when he has never been taught?’ John 7:15. Three issues face us today: (1) What is the difference between ‘wisdom’ and ‘learning’? (2) What is the relationship between obedience and certainty? (3) How does a law become our master rather than our servant? […]
Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart
Giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20. A 13-year-old at a formal dinner spills her main course all over her lap: meat, gravy, vegetables – the lot. Later, she recalls this as one of life’s darkest moments, overshadowing a hundred […]
The Beauty Of The Forest
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26. I have just been for a short walk into the Australian forest, a few kilometres from Wangaratta, in northeastern Victoria. It is […]
An Offer Too Good To Refuse!
Let anyone who is thirsty come to me. John 7:37. There are some things you can know for certain (what are they, for you?), the rest you leave open, and learn to live with ambiguity. It’s certain that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and he offers ‘living water’ to any […]
Drama And Scripture
Give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhorting, to teaching. 1 Timothy 4:13. The Good News has come to us dramatically. Worship is thus an unfolding drama that moves through various acts to a climax of sacrificial self-offering to God. So worship services should move with dramatic power. How should an interaction with […]
Making The Most Of The Unexpected
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10. Robert Schuller was on his way to Japan, but his visa was not in order and he was delayed for 24 hours. It was serious, because now those who had gathered for the conference at which he was to speak would have […]
Acceptance And Repentance
Let anyone who is without sin be the first to throw a stone… John 8:7. There are two ways to try to make another person change: order them to change, or love them into changing. With the Pharisees, ‘repentance preceded acceptance’; with Jesus it was the other way around. Read: John 7:53 – 8:11. The […]
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