by Anne Hamilton | Jun 25, 2021 | repentance, Testing, Thresholds
My mother used to quiz me, and still does as a matter of fact, whenever I’d moan about the shocking misunderstanding by some believers today about repentance. ‘When,’ she’d always ask me, ‘was the last time you heard a sermon on repentance?’ It’s a rhetorical question...
by Anne Hamilton | Jun 18, 2021 | repentance, Testing, Thresholds
In Roman mythology, Dis Pater, Father Dis, was the ruler of the underworld. He was equivalent to Hades in the Greek pantheon. Although his name is allegedly a contraction of the Latin word ‘dives’ for rich, and is the very opposite of the prefix ‘dis’, lack of or not,...
by Anne Hamilton | Jun 11, 2021 | Testing, Thresholds
‘If’ is such a small word. But it’s far from insignificant or inconsequential. It’s the hinge of choice. In mathematics, there’s a slightly longer word, ‘iff’—meaning if and only if. ‘If’ has always been recognised as punching far above its weight. Ancient...
by Anne Hamilton | Jun 4, 2021 | Testing, Thresholds
Although the spirit of Python isn’t the only sentinel stationed on a threshold, it’s the one we usually recognise first. It’s a constrictor: it tries to squeeze us so tightly we feel forced to surrender to its agenda. Its goal is to block us so we’re never able to...
