Jailed For our Stand in Christ

Jesus said, Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you? John 8:10. If He asked the adulterous woman that question today, her response might be, “No Lord. They’ve gone off to Kentucky, USA, to accuse Kim Davis instead.” Have you heard the accusing sodomites? “How many times have you been married, Kim?” How about …

Goal Number 27

I was blessed by listening to a church pastor the other day on the Internet telling us he loves to pray and that, “I can’t live without prayer.”  He told us there was no way he would know what to do or know what people are thinking if he didn’t pray.  More, “you have to pray …

Looking Good

Many years ago I was chatting with a neighbor across the street who had recently had the front of his home sand-blasted so as to remove years-old paint from the bricks.  The age of the home was around one hundred years and with the finishing touches he was putting to it, I mentioned to him that all was looking …

No rules attached

Ben invited me in for a chat when I introduced myself to him at his door.  He said he was in his late seventies, an ex-digger who fought in New Guinea during the Second World War, but now he was, “sick, divorced twice and happy with my lot.”  He was a lovely old bloke but I …

A fragrance of death or life?

The New Testament tells Christians that God uses us, to make clear what it means to know the Lord Jesus Christ.  It is like a fragrance that fills the air.  To most people we are a deadly fragrance – a stench, a bad smell unto death, while to others we are a life-giving fragrance – a sweet …

Any extreme possible

The day Mrs Landers came to the door she immediately began to cry when I mentioned that I was from a local church, calling to give her a, “good message from the Lord Jesus Christ.”  It was the first week of winter and she said to me, “Always at this time of the year I …

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