Heya Following on from where I left off earlier regarding Mount God… The Mountainside was a place that Jesus Himself often frequented as part of His commitment to a spiritually diciplined life-style. You only ever see Jesus with company on a mountain on the occasion when He took Peter, James and John and was transfigured beforeContinue reading “Mount God – part 2”
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The Permission to Love – can we have a paradigm change?
Hey All Picture the scene, (actually try to imagine and feel it): It is AD 111 in Antioch and a man is facing the prospect of a horrifying death at the hands of Emperor Trajan (and his lions) for being a follower of Christ. You can hear almost silent mumblings that, as you draw nearer, can be deciphered as prayers, “OContinue reading “The Permission to Love – can we have a paradigm change?”
Mount God – part 1
In Ps.24:3, King David throws out the question, “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord, who may stand in that holy place…?”. Personally, I love the way that Peterson renders it in the Message, using the phrase Mount God instead of Holy Hill. The reason I love this is because I feel it better conjures anContinue reading “Mount God – part 1”
Inauguration
Dear Reader “With Him all things are possible” Ten months ago, the term “Blogging” meant about as much to me as complex world of mathematics, or the equally bizarre world of abstract art. It was the kind of thing that I would have heard about briefly in a commercial break, or possibly overheard being discussedContinue reading “Inauguration”