Content relating to the revelation of Christ, Christ and His Church, His Body – as the Eternal Purpose of God fulfilled in the church displaying His manifold wisdom to powers & principalities through Christ. Eph 3:10.
Jesus is revealed to us throughout the Scriptures. I don’t mean this irreverently, but it reminds me of the ‘Where’s Wally?’ series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this, it is a series of picture books in which every page hides a little character called Wally. The aim is to run your eyes over the entire page from corner to corner until you can spot him. Well, it’s a little like that with finding Jesus hidden in the…
If there was one American tradition I wish Australia had adopted instead of Halloween, it would be Thanksgiving. Yet, for the Christian, every day is Thanksgiving Day! Jesus, we thank You that in Your humanity, You never sinned. You were the spotless and blameless lamb. If You had sinned even just once, all humanity would be under God’s wrath in a never-ending living hell. We thank You for not giving in to temptation and for standing on God’s word. We…
If you follow my blog, you will recall that in February of this year, Derek and I started on the carnivore diet as a new way of life for good health, avoidance of dementia, diabetes and other diseases, and for longevity (you can read about that here). Now, just over nine months later, we are still going, and the benefits have been enormous. There are many shadows and types of the Lord and His church that I have seen throughout…
Izzy was in desperate need. She was on her own, attending a Christian women’s weekend conference with many women she’d never met before. She was from out of town, while many of the others knew each other as they had crossed paths at previous events, and some had been in close fellowship for years. Izzy was walking through some deep spiritual place with the Lord that she didn’t understand. Spiritually, she was in new territory and, in her heart, was…
You, LORD, are greater than the greatest wickedness, than the greatest evil; You are always greater. Evil has been intentionally weaving its plan for destruction for many decades. It has been placing itself in our parliaments and governments to influence policies to cause the breakdown of society in order to weaken the nations. Its intent is to ultimately overcome the nations under the rule of wickedness, and there is no doubt as to the nature of these things. But the…
If you’ve missed them, you can click on the links here to read Part 1 and Part 2. Today’s post, which continues this series intermittently among other posts, focuses on Jesus as Light. What a glorious light, a marvellous light, a heavenly light! In the beginning, God said, ‘Let there be light’. And all things came into being through Him. Jesus boldly and humbly exclaimed of Himself, ‘I am the light of the world; he who follows Me will not…
Are You Ready to Discover More of Jesus? Part 1 focused on the title and aspect of Jesus as the Word of God. Shortly after posting, a number of Scriptures came to mind in relation to this, which led me to read through Psalm 119. As I meditated on that Psalm, I could see Jesus, the Word of God, everywhere. For example, Your word, O LORD, is everlasting; it is firmly fixed in the heavens. (Ps 119: 89) Your word…
In this post, it is my delight to spend some time simply writing about Jesus. I hardly know Him, though, it’s true. But I know just enough to be enamoured with Him. Yet, I may not always feel that way; sometimes, I feel a thousand miles away from Him because feelings come and go, but that makes no difference. In my heart of hearts, in my identity as a child of God, in my spirit, I am absolutely enamoured with…
I’m Giving You a Heads-up! My latest book, titled To the New Creation: Living out our New Identity, has just gone live on Amazon. And you have the opportunity to get your electronic copy at a DISCOUNT! But more on that at the end of this post :-). To the New Creation: Living Out Our New Identity I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but I used to be a ‘Christian Counsellor’, which just meant that I learned how to…
But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” (John 5:17 NLT) We live very close to an industrial area in one of the suburbs of the City of Newcastle. Along with steel manufacturing, Newcastle is now mostly known for its coal exportation from the harbour, where local coal is loaded onto supply ships and where arriving cargo ships unload their containers. Most of the time, you can’t really hear any industrial noise, although at night, when…