“Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices! O night divine, the night when Christ was born;” – O Holy Night “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine […]
Author: PeteMcM
The Santa I Never Knew
I first got acquainted with Santa as a child, singing “Jingle Bells” in school, addressing Christmas wish-lists to “Mr Claus”, watching The Santa Claus movie. I associated Santa with milk and cookies and presents for good behaviour. But what if I told you there was much more to Santa than that? What if I told […]
Free
I recently discovered a tactic to get free food from Dunkin’ Donuts, and as I am no longer able to take advantage of it given that I have moved back to a country that doesn’t run on Dunkin’ I thought I would share it with you all. Step 1 – Go to Dunkin’ Donuts Step 2 – […]
Jason Gray – Christmas Stories Review
This album is one of the better Christmas albums around, as Jason doesn’t take the lazy route followed by so many of just singing some carols, but rather there is a mix of classic traditional songs and new material, plus the classics are reworked with new verses and arrangements so they are fresh. The format […]
Putting the dragon back into the Nativity
What if I told you one of the characters from the Nativity has been left out for many years? What if I told you a creature present at Jesus’ birth doesn’t get a single mention in any carols? What if I told you for too long we had been leaving the dragon out of the […]
Throw your crowns down
In Revelation the apostle John gets a vision of heaven. And in Chapter 4 he tells of about 24 elders who sit around the throne Of God, worshipping Him continually. “Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night […]
YOLO
“You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.” ~ Marshall Bruce Mathers III The philosopher Drake has this year popularised the life motto YOLO (You Only Live Once for those of you who are neither in the world nor of it). The most common way for people […]
Spiritual Maturity Bible Study
Something slightly different today, you are going to have to engage the brain a little and think about the answers to some questions about spiritual maturity. Read Hebrews 5:11-6:3 “There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to […]
Thanksgiving
In Luke 17 we are told of how Jesus heals ten lepers. Of these ten only one, a Samaritan, returns and “fell to the ground at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done” (Luke 17:16). The other nine are missing, causing Jesus to ask ““Didn’t I heal ten men? Where are the other nine? Has no […]
Lessons from my time at the Manchester United youth academy
I want to share something with you that not a lot of people know about me. If I was a less modest person it would be one of the first things I told people upon meting them, but because I am so good at being humble I tend not to brag about it. Until now. […]