The successor and the superior. Well here we go, the last of our discussions on the first 18 verses of the Gospel of John so let’s get stuck into it. Someone once lent me a DVD on the problem of evil and why God allows it to happen. On this particular DVD, there was a […]
Read more "The cosmological Christmas part 6."Word and Being Let’s just go over the main points so far again; we talked about Christ’s eternal pre-existence, His role and relationship to the Father The universality of his significance He as the unquenchable, undefeatable source of life depicted in the metaphor of light. The role of everyday people in proclaiming this amazing event. […]
Read more "The cosmological Christmas part 5"Yep, it sure is Joshua turns 3 months today. 15-09-16 he was born and man, is he growing up fast. I’m sure he’ll be 6 foot 3 next week. There is something else about today though, today marks exactly one year since I started this blogging caper. What an interesting ride it’s been. I am […]
Read more "15 is a good number."Proverbs 16:33 We may throw the dice, but the Lord determines how they fall. …and that just about sums it up really. That’s what happens when you hold an outdoor event. You can do all the prep you want but you can’t control the weather. That’s God’s area. But of course this raises questions doesn’t […]
Read more "When your carols event gets rained out."Born of God So, just to recap the first half of the series, the major themes were; Christ’s eternal pre-existence, His role and relationship to the Father The universality of his significance He as the unquenchable, undefeatable source of life depicted in the metaphor of light. The role of everyday people in proclaiming this amazing […]
Read more "The Cosmological Christmas part 4."The Witness. Do you have a favourite author, or speaker, or even a song writer? I think that one of the best things about the way in which God works is that he uses people. Do you have any people perhaps some who have since died that you think; (and I’m taking a risk here!) […]
Read more "The Cosmological Christmas part 3"As my mind wandered down this track I wondered if God was revealing a few things about spiritual fruit through my experience of our little peach tree. I thought I’d share these with you
Read more "The Parable of our peach tree."The Cosmological Christmas part 2; Life and Light. When I was 12, my Grandfather died. I remember walking out of a movie cinema in Perth, and one of the staff there walked up to dad and said “excuse me, John Randell?” dad said “yes” the guy continued, “your wife has been trying to reach you.” Granddad […]
Read more "The Cosmological Christmas Part 2."Hmm, this is a ripper to get back to the ‘you asked’ series with. It’s a complex question: Why is the western world becoming more hateful of Christians? Will it eventually lead to persecution of western Christians? As usual, let me start as simple as possible and then unpack it as I go. I think […]
Read more "You asked….Why is the western world becoming more hateful of Christians? Will it eventually lead to persecution of western Christians?"Hi everyone, back in 2008, we did a Christmas series with a difference in the church I was in at the time. We looked at the Christmas story from the perspective of John’s Gospel. 8 years later it is still one of my favourite bible studies I’ve ever done and I thought it might be […]
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Deliberate Musings 