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In His Steps
Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:21. Charles M. Sheldon’s famous book, In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? asks how Jesus would have related to people in an American urban context. A good question for your situation is: ‘If Jesus came to […]
The Glory Of The Lord
To whom then will you compare me, or who is my equal? says the Holy One. Isaiah 40:25. I found these jottings about God hidden in a computer-file: * ‘Do not come any closer’ God said to Moses out of the burning bush. If we do not have a sense of the numinus God’s great-otherness […]
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:34. Carl Sandburg talks about the ‘zoo’ inside each of us there’s a pig, and a lion, and a tiger, and a gentle deer. We have all kinds of feelings within us: […]
God As A Hobby?
We cannot keep from speaking about what we have seen and heard. Acts 4:20. The 1993 book by Stephen Carter, The Culture of Disbelief, argues that our culture rejects religion as a valid source for public discourse. In his chapter ‘God as a hobby’ he examines the view that belief in God is acceptable only […]
He Is My God!
I love you, O Lord, my strength. Psalm 18:1. Here is a prayer written by an anonymous worshipper: Lord God, creator, father/mother, saviour and friend, I see glimpses of your creative beauty in the stars, in the mountains, in trees and birds and flowers. The sun sings your praises, the moon gives you glory, the […]
Social Networks
So, then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith. Galatians 6:10. In a sociology course about 20 years ago I first came across the idea of ‘social networks’. Your social network consists of everyone you know. Imagine a set of […]
Spiritual Worship/Sacrifice
I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1. The sacrifices we offer as spiritual priests include prayer and praise in our worship, and service and obedience in our life in […]
Jesus The Healer
Jairus, a leader of the synagogue, fell at Jesus’ feet and begged him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying… Luke 8:41-42. Nearly every parent has felt the deep emotion of having a severely ill child. Visit an old cemetery and you’ll find that […]
Territoriality Versus Hospitality
I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Matthew 25:35. I have responsibility for my yard, but not for others’; I nurture what is mine, and I don’t have to take responsility when others’ lives are messed up. We must not trespass into territory where we don’t properly belong. And we have a right to […]
Fools For Christ’s Sake
God said to [the rich man], ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God. Luke 12:20. The life of the fool, says Ecclesiasticus (22:11) […]
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