Hebrews 12:3-13 has been a difficult chapter to fully enter into mainly due to a combination of words that create a complex set of emotions. The author is encouraging his readers that we have a child and father relationship with God. At the same time he uses words...

Are you living a purposeful life or are you wandering aimlessly? Are you circling or spiraling? Life is a circular movement. We go around a 24 hour cycle. As of today, we have completed 5 weeks this year. The sun has risen and set 37 times this year. We have gone...

Do you know the difference between the temporal and the eternal? Are you investing in the right areas of your life so that you are not caught wanting in the end? This week we look at the critical need to know the difference between what are temporal things in life and...

Christians and the Bible. How do we make sense of an ancient literature, written in a span of over 1,500 years by nearly 40 authors? Covering a time span from the stone age, bronze age, iron age, into the age of the internet. Life and times have changed so rapidly....

Plato defined rhythm as “an order of movement”. I like that definition. The Bible has revealed God as one who indeed functions in an order of movement. He works in a rhythm. Times and seasons, Feasts and Days of remembrance, laws and traditions - the whole tenor of...

Steve Pressfield said this: “A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.” Isn’t that so true. A child will believe anything we...

For the past two weeks we have looked at what the impact would be if we believers lived with eternity in our hearts. We talked about looking out for the daily Divine “kairos” moments that would trigger a series of continuous events leading to breakthroughs and...

Last week we looked at the Biblical concept of time. We saw that our concept of time will give us the context weare living in. Our context will determine the choices we make and the actions we take. The tribe of Issachar were “men who had understanding of the times,...

Time gives context and context determines action. Time gives context. You look at the time and it tells you which part of the morning, afternoon or evening it is. Once time has given you context, you decide what appropriate action you should take. It’s time to wake...

In last week’s blog I looked at the Christian’s sphere of influence – your “magnetic” field. This week I want to build on the metaphor of the magnet and look at a Christian’s active power to influence – your pulling power. One of the phenomenas of magnets are their ability to magnetise other non magnetic material. God magnets are contagious and effective agents of change wherever they are.
As we look at the early church and the apostles, we must ask ourselves a very soul-searching question – do we draw people to Christ or do we repel them away from Him?