“Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.” (Rev 22.11) Have you ever met someone after a gap of many years? Have they changed? There is something in the human nature which resists change. Whatever our circumstances we tend… Read more »
Posts By: Les
Staying faithful into old age
The OT narratives of the Kings of Judah and Israel are realistic. The Kings’ reigns are reported, in all their success and failure, godliness and ungodliness, messiness etc. One theme in 2 Chronicles describes some of the better Kings of Judah whose faith seems to diminish in their later years. As a man of senior… Read more »
What was Jesus really like?
This seems such an obvious question, yet … Bryn Hughes, in Discipling, Mentoring and Coaching (page 127) comments that British Church culture would seem to be based on ‘Gentle Jesus, meek and mild’ (a hymn lyric) and ‘turn the other cheek’ (from the Sermon on the Mount). Similarly, F.F.Bruce’s ‘Hard sayings of Jesus’ lists numerous… Read more »