Gilbert Chesterton once pointed out that there was a time when you and I, and all of us, were once all very close to God so that even now, the colour of a pebble, or the smell of a flower, comes to our hearts with a kind of authority and certainty. They stop us in our tracks as … [Read more...] about Gazing at Eternity
Eternity
No Mere Mortals
Look at the people around your table or the person on the other side of the office. What do you see? Do you see a person to be conquered? Is the person across the pew someone you want to impress, outwit, outsmart, outplay? Or, do you see someone for whom the right word or act … [Read more...] about No Mere Mortals
Jesus, Numbering Our Days
The tower of Siloam had fallen and killed many. Pilate had slaughtered Israelites and mixed their blood with Jewish sacrifices. The hot-take on the streets of Jerusalem was that the men who had died must be extraordinary sinners and that their deaths were God’s judgement on … [Read more...] about Jesus, Numbering Our Days
Delighting in Eternity
One of the things that worry some Christians about eternity is the idea of an endless and unchanging universe. Will we get bored? Will life become monotonous? One way to answer that question is by asking another: Are you bored now? In his book, Orthodoxy, G. K Chesterton … [Read more...] about Delighting in Eternity
Lock the Door, Swallow the Key
The perishing of the wicked is no light matter. Hell is what happens when we tell God that we don't want our life to be shaped in His image. It is the final destruction of the slowly decaying image of God in man. When Jesus cried out in Luke 13:34, O Jerusalem, … [Read more...] about Lock the Door, Swallow the Key