Dealing with the Seven Deadly Sins When I look out of the kitchen window at home, I marvel at how prolific and healthy the garden is. Not the good stuff (flowers or shrubs which we might actually have chosen and planted) but the weeds – they seem unstoppable! Every nook and cranny of soil or gaps between […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 7. Listening Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, making her stand in the centre. “Teacher,” they said to him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery. In […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 6. Sharing As he was walking along the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter), and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea—for they were […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 5. Serving Jesus called them over and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions act as tyrants over them. It must not be […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 4. Gentleness The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting: […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 3. Physical Touch While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[c] all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged him: “Lord, if you are willing, […]
I’ve never been a fan of bumper sticker theology. Even less so twitter theology. John 3:16 is a pretty good attempt at condensing the Gospel into 280 characters but that was God inspired Apostolic writing. #Blessed. Whilst there is a place for very clever, laconic soundbites, they can sometimes err on the over simplistic and […]
This week we will continue to explore 7 ways Jesus showed love, love that we can seek to replicate to those around us. 2. Compassion “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.Matthew 27:42 […]
The most startling display of love for others is in the cross of Jesus Christ. Whilst some might be willing to die for people who have lived an amazing life or are ‘really really nice’ people, it is unlikely we would give our lives for the worst sinners and scum bags we can think of. […]
I’m assuming you’ve clicked on to this second blog as you’ve read my first one entitled “Men and Mental Health – Let’s Talk”. If you have not read that I would recommend you do so before progressing any further! Referring back to the ‘Masculinity Report’ carried out by the wonderfully named, “Campaign Against Living Miserably” […]
