Sunahan and Kahalek, two of the 35,000 Yali people of Central New Guinea, stopped their search for sweet potatoes, dropped their digging sticks and ran. An arrow whizzed past them. The target? A meal of human flesh for Heluk River cannibals. Rather than head for the safety of … [Read more...] about A City of Refuge
Life in Christendom
What is the vision of life that we are called to delight in? What does life under the throne of grace look like for families, cats and bankers? Here is my attempt at making some inroads into the beauty of a Christ centred life.
With Simplicity of Heart
The Christian Faith is not a complicated faith. Repent of your sin – the sin of unbelief. The sin of hypocrisy, the sin of idolatry in all it's forms... and believe the Gospel. Believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead and in doing so brought the Kingdom of God to earth … [Read more...] about With Simplicity of Heart
Clean as a Whistle
Washing is an integral part of worship. Most cultures recognise purification rituals of some kind. Even atheists take a bath and wash their Renault's. Washing is an admission of dirt, of some kind of uncleanness and expresses our desire to be free from it. In Luke with have … [Read more...] about Clean as a Whistle
The Little Foxes
It's the little foxes, said Solomon, who ruin the vineyard (Song of Solomon 2:15). This saying is true and worthy of all acceptance. It's also a good analogy of the way sin operates, and the way that life's ordinary circumstances can bring us to our knees. Big things do … [Read more...] about The Little Foxes
Be Fruitful and Multiply
At the beginning of creation, God said to Adam and Eve, "Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28). It wasn't an arbitrary command like, "Do this or else," but more like a simple statement of fact as in, "This is the way things are." It's like God said to the fish, "Here is the … [Read more...] about Be Fruitful and Multiply