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...
by Anne Hamilton | May 28, 2021 | Testing, Thresholds
In session 13, I spoke about divine testing. Perhaps the most memorable test in all Scripture is God’s request of Abraham. After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, ‘Abraham!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ He said, ‘Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom...
by Anne Hamilton | May 21, 2021 | Testing, Thresholds
In the last session, I spoke about the connection between angels and thresholds. One of the reasons they are stationed there is to minister to us in the aftermath of the tests we experience. The threshold is, quite simply, a place of testing. As we pass through trials...
