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I love to hide. I love to get off the grid of life, even just for half an hour. I sometimes make a cup of coffee, turn off my phone, and sit on the floor somewhere in a back room of the house, or in the shed, and just close my eyes. We live in a torn and broken life. Think about your day for a minute. Everything we do is survival: working for money, using it buy food to ward off hunger, to pay rent for a roof overhead; washing clothes for work, sleeping for energy to work, appointments for health, for teeth, for hair, for repair… car breaks down and insurance won’t pay. And then there ...

Jesus did not pursue success – or influence or impact – in the way of the world. He worked in an almost completely opposite way to what we consider ‘natural’. When Jesus healed a person, he would often ask the healed person to not tell anyone. At other times he would only partially heal, and send the person away from the crowds, from the onlookers, to experience the rest of the healing. When Jesus changed water to wine, he only allowed the servants to see and know what he was doing. Everyone at the wedding tasted the miracle, and in a sense it was the rich that benefitted from it, ...

Elias Girawong, Earth Wizard and knowledge keeper, must act. His ceremony, calling the thirteen, heralds a long overdue change to shake the foundations of life itself. But there are those who covet power beyond reason. Each of the thirteen "called" have their assigned roles. Each of them must travel to join the circle of thirteen. Each of them must face the challenge of their journey and the will and power of those who would thwart them.

Essays: On Love Evidence for Life on Earth Violent God in the Bible On Singing to God (Worship) Guilt, Shame, Regret and Redemption Where Things Land Universal Damnation Women in Leadership in the Bible Contradictions in the Bible For Everything Else

(Excerpt from the Introduction) We find ourselves here without a map! Where do we go? What way do we take? What is life’s purpose? Where is it going? In this short book I want to share with you a ‘map’ that God has given us. We don’t have to be lost. We were made by God, and he has provided us with guidance for this life, and for all eternity. He did not leave us alone – even though it can feel like that sometimes.

It’s the ‘in-between’ time. So much of it. More of it than not. Packing. Unpacking. Sorting. Cleaning up before, cleaning up after. Paperwork. Contingencies. Repairs. More repairs. Returns. Check-ups. Follow-ups. Waiting. Rushing. Getting from this end to that end. Gearing up. Psyching up. Getting through. Trying to wind down. Wondering. Wandering. This, my friend, is not an attitude. This is simply reality. The stats. The breakdown of the clock each day. God said it would be like this. Check out these verses, and then let’s consider… ‘God said to Adam, ‘Because you ate from ...

176 blog posts, 2014-2020. Each with a URL and QR code for easy sharing. Over the last 6 years I have enjoyed posting reflections about Jesus Christ, and his life-changing Gospel. We write on ‘paper’, and indeed the Bible is a ‘written Word’. But Jesus Christ is the ‘Word made flesh’ (John 1:14), and He came to come alive in your heart by His Spirit – the Word off the page...

Each of these ‘thoughts’ is only a starting point. I trust that you, the reader, can go beyond them, deeper into Spirit. ‘All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are found in Christ.’ (Colossians 2:3) Peter Walker and his family live in NC, USA. More on the author at: 1peter1three.weebly.com Cover photo by @jack.dw

Jesus – ‘God with us’ (Matthew 1:23) – came to be ‘to’ and ‘through’ us. This is a gift from God. He refreshes our soul, and then flows through us to the world around us. He gives us purpose, power, direction – every day, now and forevermore. Jesus gave people not only truth to believe, but paths to follow, and Spirit to minister. He told us that believing in him, streams of living water would flow – not just over us, to refresh us, but from within us, to water life around us. ‘… life that is truly life.’ (1 Timothy 6:19) Cover photo by Jack Walker: @jack.dw

I was at a gas station sharing verse cards and booklets with people. It was a windy day but the rain was holding off… A guy that looked homeless to me went into the station, bought a cup of coffee, and came back outside and stood next to me. His name was Tim. Turns out he was not homeless, and he was, in fact, quite wealthy. He loved Jesus. He spoke to me in very simple, spiritual terms. One thing he said to me was: ‘Before you were born, Jesus said what you would do, and who you would be!’ Two key things that Tim put down here in faith for me, for you: 1. Your God-Given Path: God has...

‘God, don’t leave us here!’ My friend, Brian, had whispered this prayer the night before. Just outside his door there had been a violent, cold-blooded fight. Many against one, kicking the young guy unconscious. Brian’s one line resonated with my soul. It expressed my own heart’s cry at many times, with many feelings of fear in this world. After hearing Brian put this cry into words, it was a prayer I whispered many times after that. It's OK to pray like this. It’s OK to feel like this. Prayers in the Bible press even harder: ‘How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How ...

In this short book I work in reverse order. I begin by sharing where I’m at now in dealing with cults, and then I work back to explain how I got to this place over the years. I share some personal experiences and key Scriptures, which have helped me grow in this area and find a footing in dealing with cults. I focus mainly on the core and common error of them all, i.e. denying the true identity of Jesus, and therefore the true message of the gospel. (2 Corinthians 11:4) Let me define a cult very simply here: Any offshoot of Christianity that denies the identity of Jesus, and adds that you...

‘Moses came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush... though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” And Moses said, “Here I am.” (Exodus 3:1-4) I think this moment when the Lord meets with Moses captures the essence of when the Lord meets with anyone – with you, with me. It is a quiet moment away from other people. It is deep, it is spiritual. It is a revelation that is beyond nature, impossible, but true – like something on fire, but not burning ...

You can only see what you see. This sounds obvious, but determines everything. What you see determines where you go and what you do. Do you see a path ahead? You see it, therefore you head in that direction. You don’t see it, you go elsewhere… Do you ‘see’ value or meaning in this career? You ‘go’ in that direction. You invest, study, sacrifice, meet up with… The light in your eyes – your physical eyes – gets you out of the woods, the literal woods. And the light in your mind, in your heart, connects you to life choices and relationships.

Peter Walker and his family live in NC, USA. For more on the author, please visit: www.1peter1three.weebly.com Contents: 4 Thoughts on Joseph, The Best Translation of the Bible, Ever!, Living Hope, What Is True Repentance?, Mark 1 – Five Points, Some, Loving God, Using Talent!, Kingdom Construction, Good God?, Feeling Pressure to be Rad’ for Jesus?, False Dimensions, Now I Know You Love Me, Grace, Yes!, My Healed Land: A Reflection, Suffering and a Good God, Poverty Wealth & Jesus Christ, Christ’s ‘Actual’ Blood?, This Side of Evil

(excerpt from the text) '... This is critical, my friends, the issue of what we can and do know regarding sin andsuffering, and what we don’t and can’t know. We got to stay in our ‘truth’ lane.There will be paradoxes in our understanding, and therefore (hopefully!) inour communications and interactions with people. This is good! In some areasof God’s revelation, to be true to it, we must be limited, this far and no further, thisclear and no clearer… We’re called to weep with those who weep, not to tell themthat God ordained the disaster, and has a plan in it. If that truly ...

Terri’s cancer had returned. I had the honor of meeting weekly with Terri to talk about faith, about Jesus, life here and life to come. Our times together were the highlight of my week, lasted just over a year, and then Terri went to be with the Lord. In this short book I recount some of our conversations together, and Scriptures we discussed. I know Terri would have liked to share more of her faith with family and friends, particularly as she experienced it in her final months. It is my hope that this memoir serves that purpose. In loving memory of Theresa Molloy, 10th March 1950 – 7th...

Jesus called his followers to share his message with others. ‘The Holy Spirit will testify about me, but you also must testify, because you have been with me.’ (John 15:26-27) His message, his ‘good news’, being his own name and person: ‘God with us.’ (Matthew 1:23) God has come. His name is Jesus Christ. He paid for our sin by his own death. He came back to life. He calls us to turn away from our sin, to believe in him. If we do this, we will be forgiven, and live forever with God. This is the message that messengers brought to you and me. And this is the message that we are to...

Jesus asked us to have faith in him. He did not just want ‘belief’, he wanted faith. Faith is a mysterious thing. In this short booklet we’ll consider what Jesus really meant by asking us to have faith, and how to take that step of faith. At the end of this booklet there are ten journal reflections, so you can consider some words of Jesus and write down your own thoughts. Let’s get started!

The purpose of life, for every man, woman and child, is to reach out and find God. To know him – now and forevermore. ‘God created all people, so that they would search for him, reach out for him and find him.’ (Acts 17:25-27) And this last verse ends by saying: ‘And he is not far from each one of us.’ Is it time in your life to seek God, and find him? Is it time in your life to make peace with God, now and forevermore? Jesus said, ‘I am the door…’ (John 10:9)