“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and […]
Month: September 2010
This little light
You probably know the classic kids chorus “This little light of mine”. Maybe right now you are singing along in your head “I’m going to let it shine…”. But unless you have a pretty strange musical taste it probably wouldn’t rate too highly on your top songs list. Because while the message of the song, […]
Where is _____?
Some day we are going to get to heaven. And the Bible tells us that when we do Jesus will welcome us with a “Well done my good and faithful servant.”(Matthew 25:23). But what if that isn’t the end of the exchange. What if He keeps going “It’s great to see you here, but where is […]
Come as you are
I’ve mentioned once or twice recently about spending the summer working at a Christian camp in Greenwich, New York. One of the things that happened there was that every Wednesday there would be a communion service to teach the campers what Eucharist was all about, what all the stuff that happens in an Anglican communion […]
Procrastination
Procrastination is something I’ve been meaning to write about for a while, but I’ve never quite gotten around to it until now. The Oxford English Dictionary defines procrastination as “postponing action”, and I have a suspicion that God isn’t too impressed when we engage in it. Because we only have a limited amount of time […]
Chosen and called
Quite often in Christian circles you hear how we have been called or chosen by God. The Bible states it quite clearly in Ephesians 1:11 when Paul reminds us that “he chose us from the beginning”. But what does that mean? What have we been called for? Why have we been chosen? The first thing to […]
Too easily pleased
“If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant […]
Affirmations
“So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Something we are called to do is to encourage and build up our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. And something I know I’m not very good at always doing is building up and encouraging my fellow brothers and […]
Unfinished Business
“There’s a river of love that’s here, There’s a river of grace that’s here You’re invited to come and swim within Death to the past it’s gone Here’s to a new beginning Our God’s not finished yet with us.” River – Bluetree God is not finished yet with us. Who we are now is not […]
Hawking v God: Join the discussion
You may have seen Stephen Hawking’s comments earlier this week that he believes that there was no need for God to have played any part in the creation of the universe. According to him, the laws of physics were enough. (Which begs the question, where did those laws come from?) So maybe he isn’t the […]