No-one likes to be told that what they are doing is wrong. Most of us actively flee from conversations like this, whether we need to do the telling or we need to be told. We’d like to believe that whatever we are doing, whatever lifestyle choices we have made, they are fine. The problem is …
I forget a lot of conversations I have had in the past. I’m sure you do as well. So many interactions are critical at the time but don’t stick with you months or years afterwards. There are two exceptions to this. Conversations where someone has been harshly critical of you, and conversations where you have …
The weekly Sunday worship service at my church starts at 10am. Often about 30% of the congregation is actually there by 10am, rising to about 80% by 10:20. Some stragglers turn up as late as 10:45 on most Sunday mornings. Speaking to friends from other churches, I learnt that this kind of tardiness is not …
The Old Testament of the Bible is generally far less understood by Christians compared to the New Testament. After all, the New Testament is the climax, and we have letters which give direct teaching to us. Do this, think like this, avoid this. We know what to do with this kind of thing, while the …