The fact that we don’t hear about Matthias is not the point. What is important is that a whole new set of characters, Paul, Timothy, Silas, Priscilla, Acquilla, Barnabas, Apollos and so on appear through the book of Acts and take the story forward.
Tag: observations
A Little Thought About Spring
God keeps his promises, but gives us the space to mess things up.
Looking for advice from church and mission leaders.
We Live In Unprecedented Times
The certainties of our age; scientific advance, social change, economic growth and freedom from poverty, war and disease are built on sand.
It’s Not Just About Jesus
We can read the OT as both pointing to Jesus and as an ethical guide; the one does not have to negate the other.
Covid-19 and a Missionary Call
If your natural reaction is to look to the future when things will get better, then you are less likely to thrive in mission work than someone who just settles down and makes the best of a changed situation.
But the poets round here don’t write nothin’ at all,
They just stand back and let it all be.
Jesus Wept
Tears aren’t necessarily a sign of a lack of faith, they are also a sign of empathy and care for a suffering world.
If Jesus could weep, then so can we.
Plague and the Rise of Christianity
Tertullian claimed: “It is our care of the helpless, our practice of loving kindness that brands us in the eyes of many of our opponents. ‘Only look,’ they say, ‘look how they love one another!'”
A Virus and A New World
Whatever does happen, this pandemic should cause those of us living in the West, to rethink our view of life. The fact that the world seems to be slipping out control should wake us up to the fact that we never had it under control it in the first place.