Sonshine for your soul
Posted in humility on Apr 12th, 2012
No, I’m not going to stir the pot when it comes to dress code for church services.
That topic is already a cauldron of simmering conflict in many multi-generational congregations.
I’m simply going to ask you to reflect on how you present yourself to the Lord when you enter a time designated for worship.
Because He [...]
Posted in Christ's sacrifice on Apr 6th, 2012
One of the best ways to demonstrate genuine faith is to show others that insults toward us aren’t like matches on gasoline.
We’ve all encountered verbal cheap shots from others at home or at work or at school, sometimes even at church. And these have sometimes happened in the presence of multiple people.
It takes [...]
Posted in selfishness on Apr 3rd, 2012
One of the fastest ways to destroy a Christian testimony is to cheat people.
Nobody likes being exploited, whether it is realized at the moment of offense or later when facts make themselves known.
Any claim of being like Christ in putting others first is blown to bits by such displays of selfishness.
We’ve got to be very [...]
Posted in healing on Mar 23rd, 2012
We humans love routine.
Our brains don’t have to work as hard if we aren’t having to re-arrange the mental and social and theological furniture all the time.
But we sometimes miss out on important opportunities if we’re seeing all change as a threat.
The first football coach perhaps 80 years ago who promoted passing the ball [...]
Posted in testimony on Mar 13th, 2012
Some readers of scripture might think that God went way overboard in punishing Moses so harshly in Numbers 20.
And, according to human standards, it would appear that Moses didn’t deserve the terrible consequence he was promised.
But God’s ways are not man’s ways and God had a very good reason for what He did.
I’m talking about [...]
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Martin Drummond