Transitional Ministry

Has Revolution Replaced Revival?

I am reposting this for two reasons. First, this has been a busier week than normal and I am fighting some sort of bug (not sure if the bug or I will win). The second, this was posted so early in my blog that many never got to see it.

Why do I think it is important that more people read it? (more…)

Who Are You on the Inside?

It’s not about looking Godly, it’s about being Godly.

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. Matthew 23:27 (NIV) 

View this passage and much more at BibleGateway.com

Never Saw That Coming

A twist to the plot, an unexpected demand, a plan that doesn’t work, an action that produces an undesired result; I never saw that coming. Without these deviations from the expected course, books would be boring, work would be predictable, strategists would be out of a job and home video TV shows and internet video posts would be the last thing people watched. (more…)

A Little Understanding – The Foundation Walls (Part 3)

A Little Understanding – Love Inwards

Loving upwards (God), loving outwards (non-Christ followers)… is something that can be more about appearance and less about truly loving with all we are. When it comes to fellow Christ followers we may not even extend the courtesy of appearing to be loving. (more…)

Propaganda

…the infusion of small amounts of truth into a batch of lies told over and over again until the lies themselves become truth. Propaganda is a weapon of war that should never be underestimated. If the evilest of dictators and the defenders of freedom both effectively use the twisted words of manufactured truth with some degree of success, then it would be wise to assume the Father of Lies has perfected its deployment. (more…)

I’m not a Racist, I’m a Peoplist

At a time in our history when terms like “equal opportunity employer” and “colour-blind approach” are becoming more and more the norm, I just wanted you to know that I too am an “equal opportunity employer” and take a “colour-blind approach” when it comes to my un-Christ like behaviour. (more…)