In the context of maintaining unity (Eph 4.3) and attaining to unity (v13) we are commanded to be humble and gentle and patient and to bear with one another in love. Unity is not achieved by us lording it over others; nor by demanding loyalty or subservience. True unity is both sweet and powerful. True… Read more »
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Still holy, still unholy
“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 »
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 »