Why I Think About Perceptions
I am often thinking about perceptions. By that I mean, what impression am I giving people? What example am I displaying? What am I implying by what I do and say? In the Oxford...
Category: grace
God Loves You No Matter What You’ve Done
I was just listening to the moving testimony of Lacey Sturm, an American singer, which you can watch on this video: Her little 3 year old cousin was beaten to death by his stepdad...
How Pastor Chuck Smith Has Affected Me
from TallSkinnyKiwi.typepad.com I recently visited California a few days after Pastor Chuck Smith passed away. Many around me seemed to be in a state of shock and sorrow, and KWVE radio (on permanently in many...
Could We Live Like God’s Grace is Stronger?
I recently wrote a post about how our lives might change if we understood how God loves us. I want to follow on from that with another one – if we realised how gracious...
Why It’s OK for Christians to Make an Effort
For a few years now I have been increasingly bothered by something I have seen in Christianity – an underlying belief that it’s bad to work at, strive, and make an effort to grow,...
Fear, but Do Not Fear
I was struck the other day while reading, how two seemingly opposite characteristics of God are displayed in the same chapter, and I think it is a great illustration of how we should be...
Getting Back Up Again & UK Fellowship Friday
Have you ever decided to do something in your life to obey or glorify God, and then failed miserably and got discouraged? I used to do that a lot – fail, and then feel...
The Discipline of Grace
I’ve been struck recently by how it seems that many Christians go to one side or the other when it comes to growing and becoming more like Christ, after salvation. Some believe we just...
