Imitators of Those

“And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”

Hebrews 6:11-12

Tag: Kingdom

  • Oh, for Eyes to See the Greatest in the Kingdom

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    A couple of months ago I stood in a little village in rural Ireland, with my father in the faith, staring out across the rolling drumlins interspersed by the many lakes that fill the gaps in undulating landscape. Lakes like the one in which I and many others have been baptised. A long summer evening…

  • Fools of a Unique Culture

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    In a couple of weeks it will be one year since landing in our host country in South Asia. As I sit here enjoying Andrew Peterson’s new cover album of Rich Mullin’s legendary “A Liturgy, A Legacy and A Ragamuffin Band”, there is definitely much to give thanks for. A few weeks back a new…

  • Visa Delays and Kingdom Readiness

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    It was surprisingly mild for a September night at 2am as I walked down the country roads in the eerie, yet serene, silence of the “wee hours”. Darkness, our old friend, does have a sound of silence. It has a way of simultaneously stilling us with its abrupt ending to our vision, focusing our attention…