How can we be more obedient?
This series of articles was sparked by a previous article intended for a chain blog. It might be worth reading it as an intoduction to this series.
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Index for the chain blog
What does Jesus mean to me and how do I respond to him?
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- What does Jesus mean to me and how do I respond to him? – Chris Jefferies
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Image of the day – INDEX
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I’m posting an image every other day, or as often as I can.
Hint: Click near the top of a thumbnail to open an image, or click the underlined text to read an article.
The world’s smallest
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81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Developing faith – INDEX
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This index brings together posts on the gradual process of spiritual development or spiritual formation during my life.
- 1 – Why did I leave the Anglican Church? – This set the pattern for me. It’s been a repeat pattern of deciding I was not where Father wanted me to be and exploring further with as open a mind as possible.
- 2 – Two welcoming families – Finding the true basis of faith.
- 3 – Community spirit – Growing as part of a spiritual community.
- 4 – Pear-shaped – In Jesus’ hands, even difficulties turn into blessings.
- 5 – A moving experience – Community of equals centred on Jesus alone.
Church as a network – INDEX
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Networks are good for connection and communication. Examples include the internet and the road system (sometimes actually called ‘the road network’). Connection and communication go hand in hand, network connections are the channels and network communications are the messages.
This index lists articles on aspects of church as a network.
- 1 – Church is a network – Rich connections at multiple levels
- 2 – Groups of two or three – These may develop spontaneously
- 3 – Groups of six to twenty – Rather like a family
- 4 – Groups of sixty to eighty – Workshops
- 5 – Dunbar and 130-160 – Maximum social connections
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Ad hoc posts – INDEX
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This index links to my ad hoc posts, they may be on more or less anything. These posts are reactions to something I have seen, read, or heard recently, things that I want to deal with individually and usually within a few days.
- 7 – Dram Fools – Darkness into light
- 6 – Life, death, resurrection – Stable or metastable?
- 5 – A time in hospital – Unexpected and life changing
- 4 – A constitution for the church – I felt this is a necessary step
- 3 – Shifting plates – Written after seeing a video
- 2 – Dinosaurs and the Bible – Posted after hearing a podcast
- 1 – A bird called Jenny – My son-in-law sent me a video link
Science and technology – INDEX
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This index links to my posts on science and technology topics.
- 7 – The Starship programme
- 6 – Bike balancing robot
- 5 – Evidence of life? Perhaps…
- 4 – Asteroid heading our way
- 3 – Greenshifting
- 2 – Supersonic flight
- 1 – Science and technology -1
Science is the study of the natural world, covering matter, energy and the multitude of interactions they can be involved in. Technology draws from scientific results to create useful tools and processes.
So, for example, astronomy is scientific, but space flight is technological; geology is scientific but creating a building with stone is technological.
Forward look – Ukraine… – INDEX
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This is an index page, from here you can browse around all the articles in this series, or find a particular one you’d like to read.
- 6 – March 2025
- 5 – February 2025
- 4 – January 2025
- 3 – December 2024(2)
- 2 – December 2024
- 1 – November 2024
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Canal walk – INDEX
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This index links to my posts on walking the Stroudwater and the Thames and Severn canals in Gloucestershire.
The sections are short (up to three or four miles), but they can be concatenated to make whatever length might suit you best. And if you just want a short stroll, each article is divided into sub-sections; you can choose a part that you like and walk that smaller piece.
Chalford to Daneway is longer, but I plan to rewrite it as two parts.
- Canal walk 1 – Severn to Saul Junction
- Canal walk 2 – Saul Junction to the A38
- Canal walk 3 – A38 to The Ocean
- Canal walk 4 – The Ocean to Stroud
- Canal walk 7? – Chalford to Daneway
‘Greatest thing’ republished – INDEX
The analysis excited me, Henry Drummond confirmed what I already knew to be true – this new life in Christ is all about love.
Here’s a modern English version of Henry Drummond’s ‘The Greatest Thing in the World’. His wonderful essay on love was originally created in 1884, and it analyses Paul’s famous chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians. Well worth a read!
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Read it online or download it
- The modern English version is available to read or download online (a couple of the links in the PDF no longer work, I’ll correct them when I can).
- The Victorian original is also available.
- Many printed versions are available too, take your pick.
Article series
You might enjoy this series of short articles in which I examined Henry Drummond’s essay in more detail.
Why create a new version?
Why have I gone to the trouble of translating this essay into modern English? Basically, because it deserves a wider audience. Years ago The Greatest Thing was often reprinted as a booklet and was very popular. I remember buying a copy in Wesley Owen’s on Park Street in Bristol back in the 1970s when the language was still less than 100 years out of date. It was a great read and it helped to change my life. The analysis excited me, Henry Drummond confirmed what I already knew to be true – this new life in Christ is all about love. At the same time the little book challenged me and drew me on.
This great essay is no longer widely known or read. It deserves better. It will speak to readers today just as it always did. Read it!
Acknowledgements
And finally, I just want to thank the family members and friends who read my early drafts and made helpful suggestions, pointed out errors, or were just encouraging. You know who you are.
Licencing
Copyright in the original has expired while the new version comes with a Creative Commons licence. So please feel free to print or republish either version and distribute it as widely as you like.
See also:
- Christian life can come to nothing – Cerulean sanctum
- Family of three – Journeys of heart and mind
- Henry Drummond – Wikipedia
Journeys of Heart and Mind 