Mercy.

"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." (Luke 6:36-7) Recently, I attended a seminar given by Natalie Williams at the Jubilee+ conference in Cambridge titled 'Challenged our own attitudes'. It…

Evangelism vs. Aspergers

Officially, I've been diagnosed with 'High Functioning Austistic Spectrum Disorder'. What this means for my daily life is that I find interacting with other people sometimes very tiring and I find it difficult to understand tones of voices or read expressions, depending on how well I know the person I'm talking to. I found school…

Jesus: A Substitute

Recently, I listened to a talk by Andrew Wilson on Isaiah 52 and 53, where the coming of Jesus is prophesied. Every time I hear the gospel preached, something different jumps out at me because different parts of the Bible use different wording that emphasises a different side of it. This is a bit of…

Marriage

As I may have mentioned before, I'm 18 years old and I got engaged earlier this year (on the 6th of April to be exact!). I'll be 19 when I get married which might be surprising to hear, as people don't usually marry young. Well, younger than 20. My fiancé and I started our relationship…

Religion vs Relationship

There is a marketable difference between religion and relationship with God. Some see the word "religion" with connotations that imply that you must act in a certain way to earn the love or favour of the deity you worship. However, in the case of my experience of Christianity, this is untrue. I know that at…