Theologikarl

I never want to become a ‘weird’ Christian. Some of you may think that its too late for that. Some people may think that just by being a Christian its too late for that. But what I mean is, I never want to be the sort of Christian to lay down my brain at the door, or the sort of Christian that buys into every conspiracy theory going, or to become so tied to my ‘Christian culture’ that I stand up for things that aren’t all that relevant to the gospel message itself. Not to preach on this, but God isn’t a Republican or a Democrat, he doesn’t vote National or Labour, and even if the conspiracy theorists are right and the Illuminati are controlling everything, how does that impact our call to “live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness” while praying “for kings and those in authority” (1 Timothy 2:2)? God created logic, He made our brains for a reason, and He expects us to use them to think logically and rationally. But on the flipside, we shouldn’t be limited ...

It has been 6 years since I posted anything! That's ridiculous! So, in order to get myself producing some content again, over the next while I'm going to upload a few talks or devotions that I've produced for other forums recently. Starting with talks I've done for our church's YouTube devotional page. These are meant to be 3 minutes or less long (give or take) so they'll be fairly short posts.  But, in no particular order, here is one I wrote for 24th of November 2020.  ~~~ In the Garden of Gethsemane, in Luke 22:42, Jesus prayed: “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me, yet not My will, but Yours be done.” This was when God was asking Him to suffer the horror of a death on the cross in order to bring salvation to the world. Jesus knew this was His calling. In fact, it was the very reason He came to earth in the first place, but it also was something that was not at all desirable to go through.   When we face troubles in life, unpleasant or unc...