Note For the Theologically Minded
In which I try to explain what I’m trying to present for those more inclined to theological reflection. Feel free to skip this!
The Work of the Holy Spirit - Introduction
Status and Purpose This is draft content; feedback by anyone who reads it is welcome! I am trying to write for those who are Bible-believing evangelicals but who have not hitherto been open to experiences of the Spirit embraced by the charismatic community. My aim is to call such people
Letters to the Churches
In the book of Revelation Jesus, risen from the dead and ascended to His Father, appears to John and gives him messages to write to seven different churches. I find these fascinating. They reflect Jesus’ love and concern for particular groups of believers in particular places. He has different things
Led by the Spirit
Led by the Spirit Acts chapter 8 gives an account of Philip which is remarkable. When the church was scattered by the persecution after Stephen’s martyrdom in Acts 8, Philip, rather than becoming scared to share the gospel, went to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Jesus as the
Peter's Vision
In Acts 10 we read about a remarkable sequence of events. Cornelius, a Gentile, has a vision of an angel who gives him specific instructions about calling Simon Peter to come to him. Peter (before he hears about this) has an experience where he falls into a trance, and has
Introduction
This is a series of devotional reflections centered around different passages of Scripture. The aim is to call us as God’s people to spiritual awakening. By that I mean several different things: * By “awakening” I mean that I don’t believe we are really awake. There is so much
Coming soon
In the process of migrating frasergo.org from Mezzanine to Ghost. (Edit: This is now complete)
Blogging over the decades
I've recently been investigating different blogging platforms. And in the process discovered that I've been blogging for 20 years this year. Very sporadically. This site imported blog content from various sites that I wrote with different focuses: * I had a nanoblogger site titled Invention from January
That He Is and No More
In preparing a message on prayer recently, I remembered a quote that previously impacted me: "What a man is on his knees before God, that he is, and no more" I don't like quoting people without a proper source, and I seemed to remember it was
Old News that's Good News
My phone has icons for the different apps I use - social media, email, and a program I use to read the Bible. Some of them call out to me with numbers highlighting in red how many unread messages I could look at. But the Bible app just sits there
John 1: Memorizing Scripture and Poetic Devices
For a believer in Christ, memorizing Scripture is a powerful and helpful aid to our faith. Poetic devices such as rhythm, rhyme, alliteration and structure are aids to memorization. Is it possible to produce Scripture translations that use these devices, while remaining accurate translations? These would have other benefits as
Birthdays, logic and honesty
A friend recently sent me the fun Singapore maths olympiad problem in which Albert and Bernard attempt to discover Cheryl's birthday. As well as being full of mathematical knowledge, this implies some philosophical assumptions about knowledge and truthfulness. Here's a slightly expanded version I made up,