From the monthly archives:
May 2009
A quote from Henri Nouwen about moving on…
You have an idea of what the new country looks like. Still, you are very much at home, although not truly at peace, in the old country. You know the ways of the old country, its joys and pains, its happy and sad moments. You have spent most [...]
You can read Acts 12 online here
v3 King Herod – after killing James – ‘after he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter’ – we clearly influence our leaders.
v5 Who do I “pray fervently to God for” ?
v8 – Peter slept with his belt unbuckled
v9 – he thought he was seeing a [...]
Some of you know, I’m speaking on lust at another church this coming Sunday, if anyone’s got things you think I should be specifically addressing to 12-18 year olds, you can contribute to the discussion on my personal blog here.
Breaking pre-conceptions. The big idea here is obviously that v18 – “God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.” – That everyone is invited, even if they were at one point ‘on the outside’
a couple other interesting pre-onceptions that might be challenged from here.
v5 Peter was in a trance – What does the ’strictly [...]
