If you are anything like me you might have times of ’self-disappointment’ in your life. I used to have them in spades but, as I’ve got older, the frequency has diminished; diminished, not gone. In my case it usually happens when I act in a way that is contrary to what I know is good.

So how do you get around feeling like that? Can you just ignore that mental “tap on the shoulder” – should you? I think all I can do is re-draw the proverbial “line in the sand” (in the desert of my conscience), right back in the same place it was, dust myself off and carry on.

God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. That is the substance of [...]

J.B. Tidwell, in his review of the writings of the prophet Jeremiah, observed the following:

“He [Jeremiah] made two special contributions to the truth as understood in his time.
(1) The spirituality of religion.
He saw the coming overthrow of their [the Israelites] national and formal religion and realized that, to survive that crisis, religion must not be [...]

“To respond rightly to the requests and expectations of others is a high test of character. ”
E Stanley Jones

I think there is wisdom in this.