July 31st, 2008
I did my first lecture in Pastoral Care the other day. It was an interesting exercise to find a definition that really covered it. Instead of coming up with a succinct statement that encompassed it, the lecturer gave a number of definitions that painted a picture to try and give us an understanding of Pastoral [...]
July 28th, 2008
Revelation 2:1-7 talks about the church at Ephesus and how they are going as a church. There are some positives, some negatives and a challenge.
At the start of the passage in verses 1-3 we see that the Lord commends the church of the good things they are doing. He commends their labour in doing good [...]
July 25th, 2008
I have been reflecting on the lost sheep parable the last few days (Luke 15:3-7). This is the one that talks about a shepherd with 100 sheep and one goes missing. The shepherd leaves the 99 and goes to look for the one to bring it back into the fold. When he finds it he [...]
July 24th, 2008
I was reading the story of the resurrection from Luke 24:1-12 this morning. It is interesting that when the ladies went to the tomb they were hoping to anoint Jesus’ body with spices (Mark 16:1), much like an undertaker would. However they found an empty tomb and two angels standing there.
At this point the story [...]
July 23rd, 2008
I have been reflecting on the death of Jesus the last day or so. When you read the account from Matthew 27:45-55 you see it was no ordinary death. A number of amazing things happen when Jesus gave up His spirit.
1. Darkness covered the earth – some commentators say this was a sign of God’s [...]
July 21st, 2008
One of the things I have enjoyed about going back to full time Bible studies this year is taking the time to review and in some cases update my theology.
I have found over the years I have taken a certain position on a Scripture and just filed it away in the “this is what I [...]
July 19th, 2008
The other day I shared some of the books we use for homeschooling. Today I want to share some of the CD Roms we have used.
We have used CD Roms to supplement our book work. We have found this useful to reinforce some of the lessons that the kids have learned. It also gives them [...]