I once received a Jigsaw Puzzle as a present. I remember how quickly the excitement of opening up the gift wrapper fizzled out, as I lifted the box lid and saw a dizzying pack of tiny puzzle pieces! ‘How am I expected to put that together?’ I wondered. I would later find out there are tips and tricks for assembling 1000-piece puzzles, and even more complex ones.
One of the Seven Commandments of Animalism in George Orwell’s allegorical Animal Farm. It wasn’t long before the entire system of thought distilled into much fewer maxims that excused the pigs, as they tended more towards humanness. “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”, later retorted the pigs.
Perhaps one could project the latter retort into the world of books by saying ‘All books are equal, but some are more equal than others’. In other words, all books are simply not equal! Continue reading “A book like no other”
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” – Bill Shankly.
Well, for some, football is that big a deal; for others, there are certainly more important things than the adventures of football or even any other sport.
Our last post touched briefly on some reasons why we bother about the Bible; today, we’ll follow that up with a similar thought.
To assert that, for a Christian, reading the Bible is a matter of life and death, is not far-fetched at all, well at least, not in comparison with a game. For according to The Bible – we live by faith, and that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by The Word of God. It is the means by which we feed our faith. Continue reading “Rethinking the important”
Consider the absurdity of a group of friends who got together for a pickup game of football. One of them suddenly realised and announced that they had left the football behind, only for another to reply, with a wave of hand “forget the football, let’s get on with the game!”
Well, for some people, the question isn’t so much ‘how do I read the Bible?’ but why should I bother reading it at all? Perhaps the underlying thought behind that question is the perplexity of how a book from ages ago, originally written to people in different contexts, speaks to us now in the 21st Century. That thought poses a bigger question, and will be discussed in another post. For now, we’ll focus on the more fundamental question of the motivation for deferring to the Bible. Continue reading “Why bother?”
It’s such a blessing to be witnessing a new year, full of opportunities and perhaps challenges, in uncharted territory. Hopefully, we have come in with a blueprint for some good productivity.
Today on the blog, we’ll be signposting some Bible reading plans. With the countless options out there, I imagine we could do with some helpful pointers.
Pastor John Piper, in this short podcast, makes a case for the discipline of using a daily Bible reading plan, sharing his personal experience and plan for 2018.
This post was inspired by this 3-minute clip recorded by Tim Challies, a respectable blogger, author and book reviewer. He recently began trialling a series of weekly vlogs called ‘3-minute Thursdays’. So far he has managed to share some godly counsel with commendable brevity.
This particular clip is on productivity, and is quite timely as it comes to us at a season of crossover, for lack of a better word. The end of a year is a good time to reflect on the outgoing year, and also make plans for the one approaching. Continue reading “Get busy God’s way”
A few days ago, sitting across a table, I watched the Christmas story come alive in the making of a Christmas-themed craft. As this dear sister unpacked her carrier bag in preparation for the activity, out came an odd collection of items – a bag of oranges, candles, sweets, ribbons and toothpicks. Being a novice at all things ‘crafty’, I could not have imagined how all those items would come together to tell a beautiful story! Continue reading “Light, Life and Love”
I imagine every writer or blogger has to deal with the question of purpose. Someone once quipped that “for every vibrant blog that exists, there are probably twenty that shouldn’t ”. What then could be the purpose of yet another blog?
