You are a coach! Weird to say, right? Especially when you’ve probably never trained a sports team or given out licensed advice. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a coach as someone hired to teach people to improve in a specific discipline or subject. You may have never coached for a company or group, but you have… Continue reading The Coach
Jesus said, “Whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.” (Matthew 16:25). This teaching seems counter-intuitive: how can I find my life by losing it? I quite like who I am. Why would I want to give that up? This theme is epitomised during… Continue reading Mat 16v25 – Counter Culture
Did you know that Abraham wasn’t Jewish? He was from Ur, a city in modern-day Iraq. When Yahweh, the God of the Bible, called him, in faith, he left his family and all their idols and followed God. God called him Abraham – father of many nations. From him came Ishmael – father of the… Continue reading Was Abraham Jewish?
It’s a multi-billion dollar industry – creams and lotions to moisturize, protect, and, if possible, rejuvenate ageing skin. For Naaman, an army commander, his skin condition was deadly. He had leprosy – an incurable disease. On hearing about the prophet Elisha, he goes to see him along with his entourage of horses and chariots. This… Continue reading 2Ki 5:14 – Washed clean