Reformed Theology: in times like these.
Wisdom is the ability to practically make the correct choices when there are risks. It is easy to appear wise when times are good, and many people seem to (then) be prosperous, successful, and are praised. It is easy to be praised for work just completed. The question is if you can continue with that Continue Reading
One of the things that has slowed me down this week is losing a contact lens. For various reasons, I have to use hard lenses and with them in I can see quite well, thank you. Without? Well, reading music is hard. Writing is hard — particularly if you read authors online and you can’t Continue Reading
Searching for a herb named solace; they say it grows in hard ground; I am sure it used to grow here, somewhere. It goes with nearly everything. Perhaps it is nowhere to be found. Better than heart’s ease, growing among honesty and patience. Julian O’Dea I wish I had a puppy mind to chew on Continue Reading
One of the things I drive through every day is a road realignment: the road is being widened, and land reclaimed, so there can be a cycleway and walkway around the harbour. There are men working in the water, at all times of the year and in all conditions but high tide and high wind, Continue Reading
Most of the time you have to plan. If you can see danger coming, you should plan. You should make provision. Particularly within the church, where we often have guidance by the spirit as to what to do. Our priority should always be those of faith: I have no doubt there were poor in Antioch Continue Reading
The day after Scott Morrison won the Australian election, to the shock of the meida caste, the nightly news instead lead something else, and then had a post that included Morrison being ambushed on the way to church. This is the shortest reasonable analysis of what happened in Australia. Read the real thing. The sort Continue Reading
The next creation will, again, be good. It will not be broken: this one is broken, for we have broken it. In this creation, all sadness, all sickness, all pain and all grief will disappear. We will be as we ought to have been. There will be joy. In this world, and in this time, Continue Reading
This morning we were confronted in church by an exposition on Genesis, how Jacob would not cross into the promised land because he feared Esau, who was arriving with 400 picked men. How in faith he was willing to send others, but his past made him fearful. He did not want to be vulnerable. The Continue Reading
Why, you may ask, is persecution allowed? What is the reason that we seek opposition? God is sovereign, and he could end this age at any time. His enemies rage across the earth, spinning narratives, and then facing a reality not shown in their polls. A couple of reasons. Firstly, it makes people choose: either Continue Reading
The current lectionary is a reminder of the things to come. The nations, or their woke elite, are raging against those of Christ. There are people losing their jobs and being told to ignore scripture and accede to the spirit of this age. This will not end well. It has never ended well. For the Continue Reading
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