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Follow your heart?

Genesis 8:21c “every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood.” My granddaughter is only 15 months old and it hasn’t taken long for her to learn the word ‘no’ or to throw a tantrum when she can’t get what she wants. When she is about to do something she has been told not toContinue reading “Follow your heart?”

Only natural

Galatians 5:24 If you live in a nice suburb, a quiet community and an area where people are generally nice you are probably living in a safe bubble. Living in these conditions we can easily be led to think that people are generally good. If we stepped outside of our bubble, we would notice thatContinue reading “Only natural”

Feeling far from God

2 Chronicles 7:14 There may be times in our life where we feel we are far from God. Perhaps this is because we have ignored him, turned away from him or simply not believed in him. Then some hardship or crisis comes along and we call out to him to save us and at leastContinue reading “Feeling far from God”

Bleak or bright

Habakkuk 2:14 The earth is and has been filled with violence, evil, corruption, perversion and extortion. There are glimpses of goodness that we see depending largely on where we live and the influence that brave people with Godly values have had. The bad things in the world can be overwhelming and frightening. The future canContinue reading “Bleak or bright”

Getting rid of evil

Many religious people, from any religion, take it upon themselves to try and rid the world of evil. This often ends up in violence and hatred as so called good and evil people clash. Some call it justice while others call it cleansing. Those who associate with ‘good’ justify their actions by claiming to beContinue reading “Getting rid of evil”

Far from perfect.

If we are honest with ourselves we would admit that we really are not perfect. Well I know I am not perfect, in fact far from it. We can fall into the trap of thinking that we are on balance a good person. This presumes that good and evil are evenly balanced either side ofContinue reading “Far from perfect.”