The unity of the church across traditional lines of class, culture, ethnicity, gender, whatever: that, and only that, is the God-given sign that the new creation has been launched. Anything else looks like simply shuffling the cards of the old one. Tom Wright

The number of trucks going past my house reminds me that we are in the middle of harvest time. Farmers, contractors, silos, truck drivers and mechanics are all working long hours to get the harvest into storage before storms, birds, insects or other disasters can do serious damage. The Bible is full of references to … Continue reading Sowing And Reaping

Scripture He cancelled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. Observation When we came to Christ, we underwent a kind of circumcision. This is not a physical process done in the flesh, but a spiritual process by which our sinful nature is cut away. In … Continue reading Reflection on Colossians 2:11-15

A very nice rock version of the hymn “A Mighty Fortress” 😀