Month: May 2018

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Teach us to want

Let’s start with a bit of a drill. Set the timer on your phone (or table clock), and see how long it takes you to come up with a fitting ending to this statement: ready, set,… go! “I do what I do because___.

If you’re anything like me, you probably just ignored that exercise, carried on reading, and thought to yourself “I’ll come back to it after I’ve got the gist of the post”.  And to you who managed to complete the exercise, well done! I bet it wasn’t an easy one, and you’ve probably gone back to review your answer multiple times.

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A call to discipleship


Ray Hennessy

“And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deut. 6:6-9.

Were I to come up with a term that best captures the instructions above, it would be the idea of ‘life discipleship’. It would seem that Christian parents and guardians have their work cut out for them. Yet there are ordinary ways to incorporate this commandment into our daily routines, better still, weave our routines into the commandment. Continue reading “A call to discipleship”

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A taste worth acquiring

I wonder if for the psalmist, relishing God’s Word was an acquired taste. For me, it certainly is! I have not always been one to make much of the Bible. It served very well on Sunday mornings, but not really beyond that. Not until when I began to vaguely understand that this was no ordinary book – from its origin to its centrality in the unfolding of history.

The Psalmist’s choice of descriptive terms in Psalm 19 is very telling indeed, inviting the reader to an experience like no other. I have yet to come across a book that offers such reassuring promises, and ultimately – a transformed life, in exchange for a conscience bound by its teaching. Continue reading “A taste worth acquiring”

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All or nothing

In a previous post, we saw a supposed sage fail at the ‘one job’ he had, something a bit more worrying, but no less amusing than a misplaced tile. It is probably worthwhile following up with a practical example of how the who, what, when, where and why questions (5Ws) may serve a modern day Bible reader.

Consider one of Apostle Paul’s sayings – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. Arguably one verse that is sure to make it to the top ten of favourite Bible verses in many a Christian circle. Understandably so, who has time for nay-sayers? Continue reading “All or nothing”

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