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The Portion Is Not Permission
A modest note on Ecclesiastes' ordinary joys as received gifts rather than licence for forgetfulness.
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Discipline
A collected route through the journey.
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The Little Foxes Are Not Cute Distractions
A modest note on Song of Songs, small damages, and why love needs guarded attention without becoming anxious control.
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The Fourth Day Is Not A Badge
A modest Didache-shaped note on fasting and repeated prayer as formed obedience rather than calendar pride or formless sincerity.
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The King's Food Is Not Neutral
A modest note on Daniel's refused food and embodied faithfulness that neither despises creation nor lets Babylon train appetite.
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Two Or Three Are Not A Slogan
A modest note on Christ's promised presence in Matthew 18 as accountable mercy rather than a slogan for small gatherings or church control.
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The Ordinances Are Not A Checklist
A modest Methodist-shaped note on worship, Word, Supper, prayer, Scripture, and fasting as means of grace rather than spiritual box-ticking.
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The Gathered Church Is Not A Purity Project
A modest Baptist-shaped note on gathered church membership as accountable profession rather than purity theatre or casual affinity.
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The Hour Is Not A Harvest
A modest note on repeated attention as a servant of faithfulness rather than a measure of spiritual fruit.
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Fleeing Is Not Fear
A modest note on Paul's command to flee and pursue, where Christian courage sometimes begins by refusing the wrong contest.
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The First Rule Is Not The Whole Life
A modest Methodist-shaped note on doing no harm as a beginning of holy love rather than a complete Christian life.
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The Outside Is Not Mine To Manage
A modest note on Paul's inside/outside distinction and why church discipline should not become management of the world.
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The Feast Is Not Image Management
A modest note on Paul's Passover language, church discipline, and repentance that tells the truth because Christ has been sacrificed.
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The Ant Is Not A Productivity Coach
A modest note on Proverbs 6, diligence, and work that should be ordered by wisdom rather than anxious self-ownership.
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The Peaceable Fruit Is Not Instant Relief
A modest note on Hebrews, discipline, and peaceable fruit that grows under Christ rather than immediate relief.
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The Punishment Is Not The Goal
A modest note on church discipline as truthful mercy ordered towards restored love rather than permanent punishment.
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The Knock Is Not Polite Distance
A modest note on Laodicea, Christ's severe mercy, and the door that rebukes a self-satisfied church without abandoning it.
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The Little Wine Is Not A Licence
A modest note on Paul's small medical counsel to Timothy, bodily care, and restraint that does not despise created means.