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Latest blog posts from Godward Thoughts
There is more
I have been sick in the last couple of weeks. Not seriously ill - this is not a heroic tale of overcoming illness - but enough to make me a miserable, useless sook.One of the side-effects of being sick was that my perspective became considerably smaller as I found it hard to focus on anything... Read more...
Published 4 days ago
When is God's now?
The Psalmist wrote, “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” (Psalm 139:6-7 NIV) Theologians call this attribute of God's being in all places at once his omnipresence.... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Are you travelling business class?
There are many who, if they believe Christianity is a journey, believe it's one you can travel in business class.For instance, in an interview with TIME Magazine, one prominent American preacher said, "Who would want to get in on something where you're miserable, poor, broke and ugly and you just... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
The mustard seed incident
There is an incident in Matthew’s Gospel where the disciples had been trying to cast out a demon and failed. Then Jesus steps in, gets cross with the disciples and heals the boy. You can read the passage here. I wonder what techniques the disciples had tried. Did Simon the Zealot say, “I... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Love your work?
I often remark that I don't mind going to work... I just enjoy not going to work more. Many other people find their work far more stressful.A statistic I read this week said, "Seven out of ten people are neither motivated nor competent to perform the basics of their job." (US National Institute... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Snow
As I'm blogging tonight there is snow on the ground following a day of sporadic snowfalls. This doesn't happen very often where I live, so in tribute I'm reflecting on a couple of places the Bible talks about snow and what it can remind us. Firstly, a snow fall reminds me of God's care and... Read more...
Published a month ago
God is not tolerant, but he is merciful
I have been making remarks to contrast with the notion that God is tolerant. The theme of my final positing is that God is not tolerant… but he is merciful. Isaiah 53 says (v3-6 ESV): "He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men... Read more...
Published a month ago
God is not tolerant, he is angry
I am writing a series of posts contrasting with the statement that 'God is tolerant'. My second assertion is: God is not tolerant, he is angry.It’s not that he is unreasonably irritable and cranky… his anger is fully justified because we have all failed to live as we ought. Isaiah 53:6 says,... Read more...
Published a month ago
An egg without savour
The Psalmist wrote, "I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless." (Psalm 101:2,3 ESV)In John Bunyan's, The Pilgrim's Progress, the character Christian describes another called Talkative. Though he presents as knowing and talking... Read more...
Published a month ago
God is not tolerant
I recently had a discussion where a friend said, "The God I believe in is more tolerant than that." I suppose that’s a fairly common sentiment, after all tolerance is the new golden rule. Society will tell us it's no longer, 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you,' but 'anything is... Read more...
Published a month ago
Deal as though you don't deal
In 1 Corinthians Paul offered the advice for our Christian life that, "those who deal with the world [should live] as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away." (7:31 ESV)Three observations about this verse: Firstly, there is no expectation that we... Read more...
Published a month ago
Elephants
There's a Hindu (or Buddhist or Sufi) story about a bunch of blind men who, each feeling a different part of an elephant arrive at different conclusions about what an elephant is like. For instance, one feeling a leg determines that an elephant must be like a tree and another feeling the trunk... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
