The other day while reading through my daily bible reading plan passage I came across this challenging verse in 1 John 5:21 “Keep away from everything that might take God’s place in your heart.” And it got me thinking. So often I prioritise stupid, pointless, meaningless, non-lasting stuff over God. I chose an hour in front of […]
Month: March 2012
Review: The Lucado Inspirational Reader
Max Lucado is one of those big name Christian authors who has written lots of books that sell well. I keep meaning to read some of them but have only got round to reading one, Outlive your life. And I really enjoyed it. So I was quite interested to get a copy of the new […]
Fear God not man
Exodus chapter 1 sees the Israelite people trapped in a life of slavery in Egypt, making bricks and building cities for the Egyptians. And because they are getting stronger and stronger while doing so, and the Pharaoh is worried about them overthrowing him, he declares that the midwives are to kill all the baby Israelite […]
I am redeemed (Nathan Jess)
Today we go local for our dose of mid-week worship, with a song from up and coming local singer/song-writer Nathan Jess. As we approach Easter it is a reminder of how Jesus’ death redeems us and His blood makes us clean. Let the words remind you that there is nothing, no wealth or fame, greater […]
The Jesus Mission Review
In his new book The Jesus Mission Steven Scott gives a good overview of the 27 missions Jesus accomplished, and focuses largely on the four He leaves for us to do, and how we can work at accomplishing them. These four mission that Scott identifies are 1. To become more intimate with God 2. To accelerate your personal […]
All or nothing
Jesus asks us to give him our heart and our soul and live for him alone. We can’t be half-hearted. We can’t dip our toe in the water. You can’t be part Christian. It is all or nothing. He has so much on offer for us, if only we would dive in rather than standing […]
St Patrick's Breastplate
I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity, Through the belief in the threeness, Through confession of the oneness Of the Creator of Creation. I arise today Through the strength of Christ’s birth with his baptism, Through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial, Through the strength of his resurrection […]
Fair-weather Christians
It is easy to be a Christian when life is good, when the sun is shining down on us, when everything is going right. But we need to keep firm in faith when the storms come, for they will come. And God promises to never let go of us. He walks the dark valley with […]
White Flag
Chris Tomlin has a new song on the new Passion White Flag album called White Flag. It is a song all about surrendering to God fully. It takes the image of battle surrender with the white flag and turns it on its head by showing that by surrendering we gain victory in Christ. It is […]
Bluetree – Kingdom Review
The new album from Northern Irish band Bluetree has been a long time coming for those who have been fans from the start. And there are still a couple of months to wait til you can get a copy (releases on May 8th). But I have had a listen to it and the good news […]