””You have heard…But I say“” Matthew 5:27-28 In the next passage from the Sermon on the Mount (Matt 5:21-30) Jesus talksabout some of the rules and regulations that had been handed down through the generations. Rules that came straight from God via Moses. Rules like do not commit murder and do not commit adultery. Rules that the […]
Author: PeteMcM
All in
This is the start of a new year. A time when we get all reflective and think of what we want to change from years gone past, what we want to achieve in the months to come and how we will go about it. And I have been thinking too. I don’t think there is […]
Heaven Touching Earth: Redux
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men Jesus was there as the earth was formed. As stars were placed in the sky […]
Can you hear it? (Advent Day 24)
“And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.” Luke 2:20 ESV This is it. Decemeber 24th. The last day of advent. Today we reach the end of the journey. Tonight we celebrate with the angels for there is good news of great joy […]
Rend Collective – Campfire Christmas Review
For several years it hasn’t been Christmas without Sufjan Stevens Christmas albums blasting out and welcoming in the season with lots of hip indie folk cheer. But this year he will probably notice a big dip in the number of listens he gets. For Rend Collective have released their much requested Christmas album, Campfire Christmas. […]
Into the neighbourhood (Advent Day 23)
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” John 1:14 ESV We are almost there. It is almost Christmas. Our journey through advent is coming to a close. The journey has brought us to Bethlehem, […]
Reconciled (Advent Day 22)
Reconciled “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinner, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by […]
Prepare Him room (Advent Day 21)
“She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.” Luke 2:7 We all know that old familiar moment from countless nativity plays. Mary and Joseph arrive at the town of Bethlehem. […]
War! (Advent Day 20)
We tend to think of the birth of Jesus as this peaceful event. But there is another account of the birth of Jesus that gets overlooked in which we see that that was not the case. Mathew, Luke and John are not the only books with the birth of Jesus. We also find it in […]
Never going to give you up (Advent Day 19)
Christmas is mere days away. The last minute rush is on. And maybe today finds you feeling disconnected from it all. You may be all alone, feeling like no one cares, thinking you will skip Christmas this year. Or perhaps you are busy loving life and doing what you want and feel you don’t need […]