Better Railings
The crisis in the Gulf of Mexico is fraught with so much uncertainty – why it happened, whether it could have been prevented, how to stop it, who’s to blame, what the long-term effects will be – that it may seem audacious, if not foolish, to posit any unequivocal conclusions from the matter. Nevertheless, I […]
Then and There, Here and Now
Then and There, Here and Now May/Discipline 31 May 2010 “I think it right,” said Columcille, “to tell thee a difficulty of our own.” “What is this difficulty?” said Colman, “for there is no one to whom it were more fitting for us to refer any difficulty that we may have, than to thee, for […]
Desiring the Kingdom
Kingdom Civics Monday, 31 May 2010 Desiring the Kingdom Seeking the Kingdom (1) Â But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6.33 Nothing more glorious The Christian life can be described as practicing the Kingship of Jesus Christ, nurturing a vision and […]
Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by […]
The Eighth Commandment
Exodus 21.33, 34
“When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, the owner of the pit shall make restoration.