Robbie

The Christian – A Joyful Detached Critical Servant in the World.

Here are some final thoguhts on how to live as a pilgrime travelling through this world. We live with joyful service to neighbour but also critical detachment from this temporary dwelling.

Exiles Then and Now…

Abraham, Israel, Christians… All Strangers and foreigners or exiles.
Reflections on the bibles teaching on being foreigners to this world.

The First Adam Failed. The Last Adam Finished. So what do we do?

We are not new Adams because Christ is the Last adam.

Some more reflections on the completed work of Christ as pertains to the cultural mandate in Gen 1 & 9.

Cultural Dominion under Christ’s Dominion

Do our works now contribute to the new heaven and earth to come? VanDrunen would argue, no. But is temporary good not good enough? Also, no.

Here are some reflections on the completed work of Christ regarding cultural dominion and our place under that completed work in the day-to-day.

Growing in faith out of the Pentecostal Church. Part 3.

The third and final part on my reflection series regarding Pentecostalism.

Rereading

Words on Rereading. O, to be a re-reader… Enjoy.

The Reader’s discipline of Contemplation

Words on : The readers discipline of contemplation. Enjoy

The Reader and External Knowledge

What is more important, to have; a limited but growing amount of internal knowledge, or to have access to a vast and exponentially growing external source of information? There certainly isn’t anything wrong with having access to vast and exponentially growing sources of external knowledge. I know that you’ve even used these frequently perhaps evenContinue reading “The Reader and External Knowledge”

Coffee is life. So why do I like burnt coffee?

I enjoy the unique taste of coffee which makes me a wholly un-unique person. It has a pleasant and interesting taste which differs from cup to cup. I first got into coffee as a nurse. It was a mix of pragmatism, to stave off sleep, and because there was an expectation that nurses drank coffee.Continue reading “Coffee is life. So why do I like burnt coffee?”

Time and the individual.

One way we see time is as a resource given to an individual. Each person is given an allotment of time to do with what they see fit. But we oft complain of its shortness, the speed with which it passes, and our inability to use it effectively to our own ends and desires. OurContinue reading “Time and the individual.”