Aaronm.NET

For quite a while now, I have been reading A Practical View Of Christianity by William Wilberforce, who is famous for campaigning the abolition slavery in the British Empire in the early 1800′s.

William Wilberforce

In his book, he sought to (and was successful in) present a clear, no-frills picture of what the Christian life ought to look like; it’s quite convicting, some two hundred years later. We still need to be reading this book.

I was just reading through the third part, Defects Of The Religious Systems Of Confessed Christians. In part of this chapter, Wilberforce responds to a proposed “Opponent” in a “Consideration of the Reasonableness of Affections towards an Invisible Being”.

In this section, Wilberforce argues (and he is quite long-winded at times) that it is not seeing or hearing that most affects our affections (emotions) but the closeness of contact. Wilberforce quotes Adam Smith’s Theory Of Moral Sentiments: (continue reading…)

I’ve been thinking about my future.

Click To Zoom

Right now, I have no idea where I am headed.

I am somewhat dis-satisfied where I am now, this much I know has been evident through the blogs I have written lately; obvious enough that more than a couple of you have picked up on that. If you could pray for me, I would be much appreciative.

I am thinking I will take a few days just to fast and pray… go somewhere out of the way where I won’t be interrupted by people, and examine my heart. Here, there isn’t much room to do it, even in the prayer room.

What are the main things I need to consider?

Where is God leading me in the ministry I am currently associated, for the remaining months I am here (or am I even supposed to stay any longer)? What recurring issues and attitudes continually sneak up on me that need to be addressed? What sort of a future am I preparing myself for? Do I choose one passion to pursue or try and balance them all, or only a few of them? What are my real passions?

Why am I here?

I assume these are normal questions to be asking for someone of my age.

Why are these questions coming up now? I think it’s probably a combination of my circumstances and the things that are immediately ahead for me, things that I am not fond of considering. The very fact I am so opposed to those things makes me want to examine my heart to see what’s going on.

Anyhow… if you want more detail… email me! If you are willing, please do remember to pray for me, I have no doubts whatsoever about the efficacy of prayer.

I’m really starting to suck at keeping this blog updated, eh? 

These days, I haven’t felt I’ve had much to blog about. Which… is sad, really. I should have so much to blog about. Here I am, a “missionary”, living halfway around the world from my home in a beautiful country. I somehow manage to get through every month without having a job or asking for money. God is quite amazing, He is!

The last week has been a busy one, or so it seems. Looking at restructuring a lot of our web stuff, which means a lot of work for me. I am also now a part of one of the Youth Street Live bands that play on Saturday nights, here… last week was the first practice, and we’ll be on in a couple weeks for the first time. A few of us also started practicing during the week for worship, which is cool; it means that we’ll have two or three or even four practices in for every time we play worship. It’s really nice.

So… that’s really good. (continue reading…)