Month: May 2022

We Are Called To Rejoice!


Philippians 4 verse 4 is a verse that may be familiar to many of us. it says: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” I’m sure you’ll agree that’s very good advice from Paul. It reminds us that Christians are called to rejoice. But is the decision to rejoice always an easy one to follow through with? Today, I’d like us to think about what rejoicing is, and also what it isn’t.
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conviction Born Of Love Does Not Lead To Condemnation.


During recent months, I have been pondering some of the Biblical accounts of Jesus’s encounters with people whom the Pharisees, and maybe even Christians today, would label as notorious sinners. When we think of Zacchaeus, or the woman caught in adultery, or even the woman at the well, we see the narratives through the lens of their outcome, because we have the blessing of being able to read about them after the event. So we know that Zacchaeus turned his life around and made amends for his stealing. We know the woman caught in adultery was saved from death by stoning, and we know the woman at the well became one of the first female evangelists, begging the men of her town to come and see the man who had told her everything she ever did. But how would we view these people, or others like them, if we didn’t know the end of their stories? Or indeed, what if we ourselves were living out some of these events?
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