John 14:6 – Humans are three-centred beings
John 14:6 is one of the most soundbite-able quotes in that incredibly soundbite-packed work, the Book of John. In response to a question by the disciple Thomas, Jesus replies: “I…
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Revelation 12:9 – The devil, Satan and Saturn
Revelation 12:9 describes “that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.” (New International Version) Satan, the devil and ‘the enemy’* are generally used interchangeably…
Genesis 3:16 – The rule of masculine over feminine
Genesis 3:16 records one of the critical consequences of the Fall—the domination of the masculine over the feminine which laid the patriarchal foundation for what we call civilization, and which…
Matthew 16:24 – No, Jesus isn’t going to take up your cross for you
In this blog I’m going to write about one of those pesky verses in the gospels that we all know is there yet it’s often easier to pretend it isn’t,…
Matthew 7 – Seeing God through a cracked lens
There are two trees in the Garden: The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The trees are metaphors for the way we live, work,…
Matthew 6:33 – What is the Kingdom of Heaven?
If the message of Jesus had to be summed in one phrase, one of my contenders would be Matthew 6:33, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven.” Arguably, Jesus’ primary…
Matthew 10 – The truth is always unacceptable
“You can see the speck in your friend’s eye, but you don’t notice the log in your own eye.” (Matthew 7:3) It’s one of many truth bombs that litter the…
New Earth tools #22 – Play
I’m concluding this series on New Earth emotional tools with what may seem an unlikely tool: play. What kind of bizarre tool is play? Surely, that’s the world of children,…
New Earth tools #21 – Honouring
Honouring? Eh? What kind of a tool is that? A very powerful one. Many years ago, when I was a young man, I left New Zealand on my own on…
New Earth tools #19 – Compassion
For this nineteenth tool in the New Earth series I’d like to discuss a tool whose power I have only recently come to recognise: compassion. That itself seems weird, because I consider…