Writing this post is very therapeutic for me. I have to vent my frustration. In the past week I received yet another email full of drivel claiming to be Christian. It was a call to prayer given by another so-called prophet who, of course, had a vision that 2016 is the year of God’s Restoration… Continue reading A mistaken call to prayer
A prayer for the Middle East
Dear Lord of the armies of heaven (Lord of Hosts) We pray about the war and genocide in the Middle East. We pray for Christians, our brother and sisters, who are suffering and being persecuted; whose loved ones have been killed; whose children have been murdered; who find themselves in war and refugee camps, our… Continue reading A prayer for the Middle East
Hallowed be my name (posts and prayers)
We all want to hallow our own names. To hallow means to set apart, to magnify, to honour. The hallowing of our own names is an age-old problem that goes back to the beginning of history. Adam and Eve wanted to be their own arbitrators or right and wrong. Our forefathers sought to build the… Continue reading Hallowed be my name (posts and prayers)
The sufficiency and insufficiency of Jesus’ death
One of the clearest teachings of the New Testament is the sufficiency of Jesus’ death in its atoning value. As the REACH SA Prayer Book says in the prayer before communion, “Almighty God our heavenly Father, of Your infinite mercy You gave Your only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our… Continue reading The sufficiency and insufficiency of Jesus’ death
Pastorfish in 2015
Here is a brief summary of the year that was. Jetpack tells me that a New York City subway train holds 1,200 people and this blog was viewed about 6,800 times in 2015. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. The busiest day of the… Continue reading Pastorfish in 2015