He who has ears
by i.burgess on July 29, 2010
This week has gone well so far. Sorry about the lack of content for a week. I had an excuse: I was seeing friends around the country and also attending a stag do for a couple who are getting married next week (It’s very exciting). But I got back on sunday and haven’t bothered to [...]
Fruit for everyone
by i.burgess on July 22, 2010
I saw this post on the God’s Politics blog and was intriguingly comforted by it. Lisa writes: Kindness, gentleness, love, peace, joy. Would you be more likely to describe these character traits as “masculine” or “feminine”? If you answered “feminine,” you would not be alone — but you would be wrong. These are human traits — [...]
Meals with Jesus
by i.burgess on July 21, 2010
“Oh no.” “Oh no,” I whisper to myself. I’m standing in a vast room with a ceiling high above me. There are pillars to support it. I’m sitting in a stepped pew with places mared out with arm-rests. It’s made of some dark wood, and seems very old. There is a lectern in front of [...]
Costly grace and the treasure of joy
by i.burgess on July 19, 2010
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set [...]
Blessed are the peacemakers
by i.burgess on July 16, 2010
I just don’t get how anyone who is filled with the Holy Spirit and has put their trust in Christ, seeking to obey him as a disciple can ever think it’s ok to shoot someone. Help me out here? Possibly Related Posts: Dead Words It’s a bit like this Wretchedness, Pascal and Grace Intermission: What [...]
After the pouring rain
by i.burgess on July 15, 2010
Businessmen at lunch wince at the chill, Hurrying their pace, They didn’t dress for this. The earth smiles. A mother’s frustrated child with a grumpy face, She hastily zips the miniature jacket Just in time. The ground is as peace. He sighs with hands on hips, The darkening sky spoiling his run, Homeward he turns. [...]
Sovereign over suffering
by i.burgess on July 14, 2010
Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil? (Job 2:10) Job is a really awkward story. If you’ve never read it, frankly I don’t blame you. It’s really long and somewhat tedious. Trust me on this: It’s really awkward. When one reads the first part of the Old Testament, the Torah, one learns that when [...]
In Many Tongues
by i.burgess on July 13, 2010
He who has suffered much speaks many tongues. He can be understood, he understands The language of countless ones who reach For sympathy with weak imploring hands; To each in his own tongue he has the words That bring the quick relief of tears; he speaks And suddenly old heavy burdens lift, And there is [...]
Costly Grace
by i.burgess on July 12, 2010
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace. The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of my all time favourite books. Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor in the first half of the twentieth century and was one of many German theologians who stood against the [...]
The Prosperity Gospel: Lausanne 2010
by i.burgess on July 11, 2010
The Prosperity Gospel from The Global Conversation on Vimeo. The Prosperity Gospel is the understanding that God wants his people to be rich, happy and healthy and true Christian faith results in these things. Faith is demonstrated by how much a believer is willing to give. Thus the greedy have typically loved to swarm into [...]
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