The Temptations of Jesus Christ in the Wilderness and Being Christian in an Increasingly anti-Christian Culture

In the fragmented and demented culture wars of today, Christians have a Victor and it is only in Jesus Christ that we can survive and thrive in these strange days. Luke 4:1-13 The Plan: Stone-to-bread = self-feeding (Material Temptation) Worship of nations = self-exalting (Sociological Temptation) Jump-off-temple = controlling God (Theological Temptation) The three application... Continue Reading →

15/03/2023

6. The Fountain Gate

Nehemiah 3:15. The Fountain Gate is located very close to the Dung Gate at the southernmost point of the wall. In the spiritual life, the great promise of salvation is intrinsic to getting rid of our sin - or the rubbish that accumulates and hinders our relationship with our Holy God - and the Dung... Continue Reading →

21/02/2023

One way the devil lies by omission

One of the besetting sins of contemporary evangelicals is that our intellectual and theological lives are cluttered. As Francis Schaeffer once summarized the problem, we tend to think in bits and pieces, and not in wholes. All the things of earth are there, right in front of us, but they are not sorted out. There... Continue Reading →

23/01/2023

THE HOLLOW MEN Not With A Bang But a Whimper Poem by T. S. Eliot

THE HOLLOW MEN I We are the hollow menWe are the stuffed menLeaning togetherHeadpiece filled with straw. Alas!Our dried voices, whenWe whisper togetherAre quiet and meaninglessAs wind in dry grassOr rats’ feet over broken glassIn our dry cellar Shape without form, shade without colour,Paralysed force, gesture without motion; Those who have crossedWith direct eyes, to... Continue Reading →

04/11/2022

Ca: I Speak Jesus

We buried a friend today. She was a wonderful, beautiful woman of God and full of life before she was taken from this world into her promised rest. Her name is Caroline but we called her Ca, and she was our dear beloved friend. The song she loved in her last days and weeks was... Continue Reading →

24/10/2022

Joyful French Resistance

What a treat - Enjoy!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBEMRyt6Qg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN5B27zT29Y

24/04/2021 0

Protected: 99 and out!

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18/03/2021

Dietrich Bonhoeffer in particular exacerbates these longings…

Eric Metaxas on his ten year anniversary edition of 'Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy': Bonhoeffer’s story remains so moving to me that I feel deeply humbled God allowed me the privilege of bringing it to so many readers over the years. His extraordinary life cannot help but inspire anyone who becomes familiar with it. I... Continue Reading →

09/10/2020 0

Body and Blood

Here is a short video I put together on the Eucharist, the highest and holiest moment of the Christian life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0TBxI9DEM

06/07/2020 0

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