In many ways we are attached to Local Churches, Denominations, Federations of Churches, Church Groupings or Alliances. Generally this is a good thing because a Church or a Pastor falls under authority. Those who go it alone often introduce heresies into the Church in the most subtle manner and there is no control because there […]
The garbage truck has been arriving earlier than normal. They used to do our street between 11am and 3pm. This week they arrived at 7.15am and I had not yet collected the dirt bins in the bathroom, bedroom and kitchen for emptying into the large refuge bin, neither had I put the four bags of […]
Monday was not just Monday, it was the first Monday of the New Year. But, it was not just the first Monday of the New Year … Monday is laundry day for us. I run a few tubs of washing and our 10 meter times 4 lengths of washing line is full … and I have […]
We live at a time (and have done so for hundreds of years and in some cases, thousands of years) where the belief in deity is not limited to one god. Many religions believe in a plurality of gods, with some having in excess of a million gods to their tally. Others again refuse to […]
Some children, as they grow from child to teeny bopper might go through thinking whether their parents or at least one parent might not be their biological parent. They don’t look alike or they might think the parent or parents are too strict or even too harsh with them and they determine that because the […]
There are many myths doing the rounds in religious circles including Christianity. The intention of the Apostle’s Creed, amongst other things, is to dispel myths and ideas that are unbiblical. The Creed brings forward a body of realities that emanate directly from the Canon of Scripture as we have it. The Early Church in the […]
Before returning to our Daily Notes in Daniel (Dare to be a Daniel), I would like to do a few Notes on one of the greatest doctrinal statements of the Christian Church known as the Apostles’ Creed. We might recite this Creed once on a monthly basis in Church or we might recite it every […]
More than 20 years ago, I received a book in the post with the title: “Predators in the Pulpit”. I was a little rocked as I read it, but soon it became clear that the author was one of those way out heretics with an agenda and the only way to spread his message was […]
Before we end the year and move on to a few Daily Notes on the Apostles Creed, before returning to “Dare to be a Daniel”, I would like to do one last Note on “Watchman” and then one on “Predators in the Church”. Let’s deal with the former first. There is a saving that has […]
Teaching is not the easiest thing to do. If it is a process, it is also a function. As a function, the main aspect of teaching is to make learning effective. Once learning is achieved, teaching is successful. As one who taught in a High School environment, I witnessed many good teachers. I recall at […]