Green Day Gospel
by i.burgess on June 22, 2010
Green Day are pretty much my favourite band. No, I’m not fifteen but that was when I first started to like them. The hit album, American Idiot, was released when I was growing up. I can still sing it ll the way through, more or less word-for word. At that age, I realise now, that God [...]
The Exiled Church
by i.burgess on June 15, 2010
The Old Testament story is dominated by two national events. The Exodus was the salvation of God’s people from slavery in Egypt, bringing Israel into the promised land and making them distinct from all the other nations to be God’s holy people. The second national event is far less positive. The Exile dominates much of [...]
The Decaff Life
by i.burgess on June 8, 2010
Today I drank coffee. Not a noteworthy event in itself – I always drink coffee – but on this occasion I had a cup of decaff. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it. It wasn’t instant coffee, it wasn’t cheap coffee, it was made well, percolated and everything. Just like normal coffee. It tasted very much like your average cup [...]
Anniversary, or ‘Love song for a Saviour’
by i.burgess on June 7, 2010
One year ago two of the best people I know got married. It was their anniversary recently, and as I saw the status update on Facebook, my memory was filled with images of a flowing white dress, a church packed with loved ones, tears rolling down the strong cheeks of the groom. I remember the [...]
The Threshing Floor
by i.burgess on June 5, 2010
I’m almost 1 month behind on my Bible in a year reading effort, and so in order to rectify this I have spent the last couple of hours ploughing through 1st Chronicles. I almost thought I wouln’t make it, after the early set-back of chapters 1-9, an arduous genealogy of practically everyone who ever lived. [...]
God Is
by i.burgess on June 3, 2010
I wrote this at the start of my year, and it has proven to be more true than I had realised. God is the voice which beckons me to come and die God is the one who went before me and demonstrated it. God is the source of my being He who gives me the [...]
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