Jul 01 Monday—Hopeful Faithfulness in Prison I’m personally not excited about embracing suffering and limitations, but Joseph somehow mastered this intuitively (with God’s help). Read More → Jun 30 Sunday—Hopeful Faithfulness in Prison While I don’t look for signs regarding the future in my own dreams, I believe God can communicate through any means He chooses, including dreams Read More → Jun 29 Saturday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave Happy Sabbath! Read More → Jun 28 Friday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave Have you ever been falsely accused of anything? Read More → Jun 27 Thursday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave Success in God’s kingdom is measured by concern for others. Read More → Jun 26 Wednesday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave Joseph’s loyalty to Potiphar was the result (fruit) of his loyalty to God. His ethic was based on concern for others. Read More → Jun 25 Tuesday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave For Christians, self-differentiation means allowing the Holy Spirit to direct our behavior (for secular people, it’s their values) rather than going into “default mode.” Read More → Jun 24 Monday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave Emotional health and spiritual maturity go hand-in-hand. Read More → Jun 23 Sunday—Moral and Ethical Faithfulness As a Slave Something is missing in the lives of many church members, and all too often, in my own life as well. Read More → Jun 22 Saturday—Promises of Hope Happy Sabbath! Read More → Jun 21 Friday—Promises of Hope In Jesus, we also believe that we are yet to see the complete fulfilment of the prophet’s promises of restoration and recreation Read More → Jun 20 Thursday—Promises of Hope What are some of our cultural and perhaps theological boundaries that might still need to be challenged by Amos’ promise of inclusiveness in the redeemed and restored kingdom of God? Read More → Jun 19 Wednesday—Promises of Hope Maybe the repentance and restoration of Israel—or at least a remnant of the people—was exactly the point and purpose of Amos’ urgent entreaties. Read More → Jun 18 Tuesday—Promises of Hope Why is it so appealing to use single Bible verses for inspiration or doctrinal study? Read More → Jun 17 Monday—Promises of Hope God is always active on behalf of the oppressed. Read More → Jun 16 Sunday—Promises of Hope Why is it dangerous to assume that God is on our side? Read More → Jun 15 Saturday—Mean People Happy Sabbath! Read More → Jun 14 Friday—Mean People Relationship counsellors recognize that communication is vital if a relationship is to continue and to grow. Read More → Jun 13 Thursday—Mean People In the prophets’ estimation, true Sabbath keeping is linked closely to the practice of justice and true Sabbath-keepers are people of justice. Read More → Jun 12 Wednesday—Mean People Faithlessness had consequences, injustice mattered—and Someone was taking note. Read More → older posts newer posts
