I Saw The Light, by Hank Williams
I was a fool to wander and a-stray Straight is the gate and narrow the way Now I have traded the wrong for the right Praise the Lord I saw the light.
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May 8, 2018
All Things To All People, But Only One Gospel (1 Cor 9:16-23, Ps 58:1-5)
Paul has not just given us a commission to go out - he’s also telling us that wherever we go, in every facet of our little ‘world’ in which we move around in, there will always be people to win. Sinners aren’t faceless zombies that follow you about, calling out ‘I’m a sinner, please come and save me!’. Well, not in the literal sense, anyway. Sometime you can spot them a mile off.
April 30, 2018
Frequent Flyer, Frequent Flyer
A lighthearted poem I wrote when waiting for an international connection on the way home from a missions trip to India / Bangladesh - and watching (other) people getting upgrades...
February 6, 2018
Italian Baroque Painting of the Killing of Abel and the Banishment of Cain --- Image by © Geoffrey Clements/CORBIS ORG XMIT: 12873731
Gospel Nuggets – The Way of Cain, or the Way of Jesus
So does that mean God has a sliding scale of acceptance, dependent on the amount of faith one has? After all, Abel's sacrifice was more acceptable. Does that mean that Cain's was acceptable, but less acceptable? Well, if I was a prosperity preacher, I would say 'Yes!'. I would say the more faith you have, the more God will accept you, and bless you. So, make your giant faith offering cheques out to Craig Godfrey Ministries...
January 29, 2018
I Believe In You, by Bob Dylan
Don't let me drift too far Keep me where you are Where I will always be renewed
October 11, 2017
Psalm 14, Matt 7:13-14: The Whole Counsel of God
So, how does the unbeliever suppress his knowledge of God? Look in verse 1 – he says “There is no God”. What’s the easiest way to supposedly cheat death and judgement? Ignore it. Keep going along in life, be nice to people, always do good. Make life as comfortable as you can for yourself, and others.
October 3, 2017
Of Mongrels And Prodigals
Then, right in front of me he pulled his t-shirt off, revealing a black singlet, and heavily tattooed arms. He then replaced his t-shirt with a black waistcoat. This was no ordinary waistcoat. It was one of the most intimidating ones you could adorn - with the huge circular bulldog insignia of the fearsome Mongrel Mob - probably the most dangerous gang in the country.
May 29, 2017
Pruning Back The Weeds
So, in order to placate our inability to please both flesh and spirit, we often give in to compromise. We pry the secateurs out of the Head Gardener's hands, and attempt to prune and shape the weeds of our sin, in order to limit its' damage.
March 6, 2017
Audio Up: Journey with Paul
Audio is up for last Sundays’ message – Journey with Paul.
February 23, 2017
Journey with Paul – Galatians 1, Acts 15
That’s the way Paul did it – by pulling together all those Old Testament pictures of patriarchs, exposing the silver thread that runs through them, and showing how they all point to Christ.
February 20, 2017