There are many sayings similar to this one … “Money makes the world go round”. Whether you like such sayings or not, they are real. You cannot exist without some form of money. From the period known as the far ancient world, up to today, economies were and are supported by trade. Initially cattle and […]
If you have been using these Daily Notes you will be aware that I have worked through the Lord’s Prayer and Fasting (Matthew 6:5-18) recently, so if you would like to, you can search these topics on donkirkwood.com for that teaching. We will now pick up the text from Matthew 6:19. This afternoon we had a memorial […]
One of the most difficult things to do is to communicate. Many people talk and talk a lot, but talking is not necessary communication. Communication is learnt through practice and hard work. It is being able to speak so that someone else is able to hear and understand what is being said. When that person […]
We get the word “hypocrite” from the Greek of New Testament times. It was used for actors on stage. The word hypocrite meant stage player, pretender and actor. Remember that the First Century would be classified as Near Ancient times. They did not have all the modern equipment used in theatre today. Their props were […]
The relationship of a believer to the Lord Jesus and His Kingdom principles is special and unique because it is built upon authentic love, commitment and perfection. This is why God says: Mt 5:48 “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” The word “perfect” here means … “perfect … of mind and character, one […]
What makes you a son of your father? To put it crudely, your father impregnated your mother and you are the result. That is what makes you the son of your father. You are the same bloodline. It is a biological matter. You might be adopted and loved dearly, but you are not a blood […]
One of the hardest things to do is to love, because before we know Jesus as Lord, we see love from a human perspective. Too often people see love as “what can I get out of this relationship?” Love is taking. Then for others, perhaps more so men … love is lust. It is also […]
Far too many of us never study the Bible and this is the reason we are ignorant of Biblical Truth and question expositional teaching because we don’t know what the Bible says. Then equally problematic is the fact that we might read the Bible and take our translation (in my case, English) literally. This is […]
It can never be repeated sufficiently that our Lord Jesus Christ is God and the Words He speaks are the Words of God. In verse 38 He referred backwards to the Old Testament as we saw yesterday. He said, “You have heard”, yet as we come to the next verse … He says, “But I […]
Revenge is a terrible thing! You are driving along at the right speed with the emergency lane on your left and the solid white line on your right when suddenly another vehicle approaches at a high rate of speed behind you flashing his light for you to move out of the way. Clearly he is […]