If we are Christ-followers, we live our earthly lives contending with a world system that violently opposes the authority of the King and Kingdom we serve (Jn. 15:19). In this world, authority is synonymous with ‘’greatness’’. Nations demonstrate their… Read More ›
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Mary, Did You Know?
Mary, did you know on that night long ago in Bethlehem, the night you gave birth in a lonely, dung strewn cattle shed, that one day you would stand shivering before a Roman execution stake and watch your son… Read More ›
A Kingdom Bursting Forth and an Incomplete Gospel
Their jaws set purposefully, the two men pushed roughly through the crowd. Their teacher was imprisoned, in peril of his life, and they had been sent on an urgent mission. They had a message to deliver and an answer to… Read More ›
An Interview With The Prince Of Peace
Interviewer: Good evening everyone. Well, as advertised, we are here tonight for an exclusive interview with the, er, so-called Prince of Peace. Welcome Prince. Many who have been eagerly anticipating this program wish to hear whether you have any relevant… Read More ›
What’s Mine is Yours
Two friends did everything together. The greatest happiness for each of them was to be in the other’s company. Day and night, whatever they were doing, they sought to be doing it in the companionship of the other one. Hours… Read More ›
The Return Of Innocence
There was a time when humanity was innocent. Not simply good and well behaved. Innocent. Neither Adam nor Eve had any conscious sense of ‘goodness’ before they ate from the tree. They had no need for such knowledge, for all… Read More ›
The Prodigal Father
“Prodigal”: Spending money or resources freely and recklessly, wastefully extravagant, having or giving something on a lavish scale Oxford Dictionary To Simon, brother of my father, greetings and peace to you and your household. I will waste no time, uncle, in… Read More ›
From The Archives: In The Company of Fools
Atheism is popular right now. Being offended at Christianity, and in particular ‘born again’ Christians, is becoming topical among many authors, intellectuals, journalists and social commentators. Around us a chorus of disbelieving mockery grows increasingly influential as the offended voices… Read More ›
Into The Stillness
Forever drawing me back You watch as I run frantically from one chaos to the next seeking to arrive, but never arriving living the lie: if I just do this, that, the next thing then stillness will come and I will… Read More ›
Tuned In
You know, it makes me scratch my head every time I realize God, who created the mountains, the oceans, the heavens and all forms of life, chooses humanity for company. It makes me stop and wonder when I remember that… Read More ›
The Zealousness of God
The zealousness of God has had a bad rap over recent years. Apparently it’s no longer cool for God to be portrayed as either enthusiastic or strong-willed. The modern preference is for a tame, accommodating sort of God who just… Read More ›
The Courts of the King
And Enoch walked with God, and he was not for God took him.’ For much of my Christian life, I have found that simple Old Testament statement profoundly intriguing. What did it mean that Enoch walked with God to the… Read More ›
How To Be a Kept Woman
It’s easy to be offended by the title isn’t it? Well, that’s understandable. The usual interpretation of ‘kept woman’ is a woman of questionable morals, right? A married man’s dependent mistress, or someone who trades sexual favours for financial support? … Read More ›
Challenging Behaviours
As the mother of a son with Asperger’s Syndrome I’ve had years of opportunity to observe challenging behaviours. Our youngest son, ‘P’ (now 27) has been a constant source of baffling behaviours threatening our family’s accepted ‘norms’ for the last… Read More ›
Not for the Fainthearted
“What do you seek?” It was a loaded question and one that would dramatically change their lives….forever. Unnerved at the abruptness of the question and the penetrating stare of the Teacher, the two men did not at first know how… Read More ›
Gadarene
Luke 8:26-39 Among the tombs I made my home And wild and naked did I roam As day turned night and back again No difference did I know They chained me but I broke their chains They shackled me… Read More ›
