Archive for the ‘Random Thoughts’ Category

Have you ever seen things, heard things, spent time with people and been left with an overwhelming sense that this world is broken? That’s because it is. We live in a world that was made perfect…was broken by sin…was brought life through the perfect one…is one day to be made perfect again….when the perfect one [...]

Too many of us dream man-sized dreams. Things that could potentially be done if we really focused and put our skills to work. God doesn’t have man-sized dreams for us. He has God-sized ones. Dreams that are big and scary – terrifying even. Dreams that we can’t fulfil. Dreams that can only come to pass [...]

Some of you may have seen the sanddodgers T-shirt I sometimes wear. Sanddodgers = some friends of mine from university who drove a clapped out Saab to the Gambia to raise money for charity. Well they’re at it again – in the snow this time. Check out www.snowdodgers.co.uk for more info and if you would [...]

Was sorting out some old notes and discovered this thought I’d written down: Sometimes we are not incompetent enough. We want God to do miraculous signs and wonders but are so busy running our own lives that we leave him no room to do so. How incompetent do you feel right now? Maybe the answer [...]

Been thinking about Bible translation, study, and different versions lately. I realized we have a lot of Bibles in our house. We have: Multiple NIVs, NKJV, couple of KJV, several Good News, MKJV, RSV, 2 x NCV, Amplified, The Message. Then adding in the software I have on my phone and laptop I also have [...]