I heard a lot of hype about ‘Manly Dominion’, but was excepting just another book written to Christian men, going over the passages we have all considered and strive to live up to as Christians; I was surprised. Chanski does go over Biblical truths most men know (and a lot that’s not so well known), [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’
1 Dec
The Dalai Lama, the Pope and Teresa of Calcutta Walk into a Consuming Fire
It’s not just the Dalai Lama that people think is holy; many people think the Pope is holy or surly Teresa of Calcutta. It’s not just the funny outfits either, if we changed the word from holy to good, there are many who would look around in their society and say that this or that [...]
25 Oct
Surviving Zombieland! Part II: the cure
Having already discussed the fact that the spiritually dead walk among us, we move on to the next important question, the question about cures? How does a zombie go about changing from walking dead to alive? If you know anything about zombies, what is clear is that they are only out to get some food, [...]
15 Oct
Surviving Zombieland! Part I
She walked silently into her room… sat down and opened the ruffled pages of her Bible. She could hear the drunken cries coming from outside. Would her friends understand why she didn’t join them? Why she didn’t party the way she used to? Or consider the following rewrite: She walked silently into her room. Sat [...]
21 Sep
Amat Victoria Curam: A Tool for Fighting Sin
“Amat Victoria Curam” (Victory loves preparation), a friend reminded me of this saying the other day while we shared a meal at a wedding together. I have heard the saying before but I am really appreciating it at the moment. A few weeks back I was meditating on issues surrounding stress, and how stress can [...]
12 Sep
Wrong Fruit and Erroneous Security to Boot
More often than not, it would seem that continuationists (those that believe the sign gifts of the Apostles endures beyond the apostolic area) would say that supernatural manifestations in an external way are a sign of Salvation/ of being Spirit filled. I thought of the danger that follows this line of thinking the other day [...]
5 Sep
Priorities of our Priorities
Every now and then I find the time to take-stock and evaluate my priorities, I make a list of what the order of my priorities should be, and then I make a list of what my priorities actually are. Perhaps you have done a similar kind of thing, an immensely helpful practice to keep one [...]
26 Aug
The Importance of Pre-marital Counselling
There are a lot of opinions abounding about the value of pre-marital counselling; ‘is it really necessary?’, ‘it doesn’t help everyone’ and ‘there’s no pre-marital counselling in the bible’ are some of the common objections to this practise. However I think the wisdom of this practise should be more evident to people in our culture [...]
23 Aug
The Road to Idolatry is Paved with Many Good Distractions
Everyone expects bad things to be a distraction, but few people anticipate the danger good things can be. Firstly it must be clear what we are being distracted from when we talk about being distracted. The Westminster Catechism’s first question (after which my dear friend and colleague’s blog is named) is “what is the chief [...]
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