And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul. Gen 2:7 The bible teaches us that man was made in the image of God. Frankly, looking around today, I sometimes have a hard time seeing that. But let’s not … Continue reading The Development of Man
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Rom 12:2 Yesterday, Turkey just voted on a new political system with a very strong president. They used to have a shared executive power between president and prime minister, with the parliament … Continue reading What are we to learn from the World?
See, the things said before have come about, and now I give word of new things: before they come I give you news of them. Isa 42:9 I was listening to a great podcast lately called Exponential Wisdom by Peter Diamandis and Dan Sullivan. In their latest episode they talk about humanity’s growth tension points. … Continue reading The Church: Stabiliser or Accelerator
A Vision Have you ever seen one of those pictures that show you all the lights on the earth at night as seen from space? (Well, at least now you have.) I have a vision: since we are the light of this world, let us be such a pattern, such a covering of the … Continue reading The Body of Christ
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. Gen 2:15 There are three creation principles, namely The responsibility of man for the earth as created by God The covenant of marriage as husband and wife, man and woman The correlation of … Continue reading What is work?
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. 1Pe 4:10 Prelude This will be another kind of post. I will be writing about personality traits, strengths, and preferences. Let me tie this in with faith first, though. The bible is our model. The people in the bible demonstrate … Continue reading Personality
When your children ask you … Exo 12:26 Asking Questions Throughout the bible, people ask questions. Remember Abraham? He asked God about killing the righteous along the wicked. Moses asks why the wicked flurish. And think of the Psalms of David. Even the disciples asked questions. Some great ones that we still profit from, as … Continue reading Ask questions
