Hyper Abundance
“So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good…And God made the beasts…
Thanks, Heavenly Father, for John
“your Father knows that you need them. …Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:30-32). Last Sunday I closed my sermon on Luke 12:22-34 with an illustration about God as…
Worrying Times
I’ve been considering Jesus’ words about worry and anxiety in Luke 12:22-31 this week as I prepare to preach. Anxiety is certainly a modern day concern. I had that confirmed as I read this headline in today’s newspaper: ‘Coping classes’…
Dual Baptism – gospel unity
As an Anglican I have long held to infant baptism (or paedobaptism). But, while I encourage this view, I recognise the differing viewpoint of many of my Baptist brethren who hold to ‘credo baptism’ (the baptism that follows a profession…
Baptism and covenant
In the last post I referred to the book on baptism called ‘Word, Water and Spirit’ by J Fesko. One of the interesting discussions was around the meaning of grace. Reading Fesko’s analysis about a word that I have often…
Baptism – through troubled waters
“For so long as we live cooped up in this prison of our body, traces of sin will dwell in us; but if we faithfully hold fast to the promise given us by God in baptism, they shall not dominate…
Curdled cheese & new creation
“Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me…
The Old 100
Blog post No 100 This is my 100th post on ‘Riding on the Clouds’ and, as such, it’s timely to review this blog and recap some of the experience. ‘Riding on the Clouds’ has been running for almost a year now.…
The Merciful Priest
“And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” ” (Luke 23:61). It was natural to turn to the…
The Father’s Will
Inconceivable I came across an intriguing line of Calvin about the ‘love of God’ in Packer’s Concise Theology. Calvin said: ‘In an inconceivable way he loved us even when he hated us’ (p 132). Here’s what Packer wrote: “Every member…