Sometimes when I imagine what the gospel sounds like to someone who’s never heard it before, I guess it would sound a little like a comic book, like science fiction. Accepting that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came into time from outside of time, Eternity, and saved the human race sounds like a science fiction movie. An awesome one, at that. But do we realise it is the original and authentic, historically true and eternal reality from which all…
Warning: Spoiler Alert! Reading this post will totally give the story away. The film “Far From The Madding Crowd”is based on a novel by Thomas Hardy, set in Victorian England. It is full of shadows and types of Christ. Here’s some of what I saw… WHAT’S IN A NAME? The story is that of a shepherd named Mr. Gabriel Oak and his love interest, a strong, independent woman named Miss. Bathsheba Everdene. Even the names are amazing reflections. We see…
I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” Psalm 16:2 Dear Reader I am happy to say, that I cannot love you. Please hear me out. I have finally come to realise I can’t love anybody as they deserve to be loved, not anyone. I’ve finally come to truly see the FACT that nothing good dwells in my flesh (Romans 7:18). In my ‘self’ – I am so full of…