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We live Dear Reader, with heroes who too often end up showing that their lives are corrupted. This sportsperson ends up drunk, this singer dies from a drug overdose. All around people find those they look up too falling short. Yet belief in Christ requires tenacity, the willingness to hang on, not because we are too scared to let go, but because we have an unswerving faith in Christ alone. We know that he will never be overcome, or prove himself false, in him we show tenacity.

The Bible records the first murder when Cain took the life of his brother Abel. When God challenges Cain to the whereabouts of his brother, he replies " am I my brother's keeper?". Cain in this one statement denies two things, firstly he is denying accountability of his action of murder. Added to this he is denying responsibility for the care of his brother that he should have shown. While many do not commit the sin of murder, most of us have denied something we should have been held accountable for. In fact it becomes clear that God calls us to be held accountable for the actions of our fellows. Christianity is about community in action, and we are accountable for our care and concern of those around us. "Am I my brother's keeper?", the answer is "yes I am". Yet this is a two-way street, not only must I be accountable for the actions of others, but I must be willing to be held accountable by others for my own actions. This is often the biggest pro

There are Dear Reader, many things which make useful servants, but poor masters. Something, which has purpose and is used for this purpose only can be a useful tool, but when projected beyond itself can lead us to the trap of idolatry. A house is essential for living, yet when it becomes the purpose for existence, as happens in many western countries, it becomes the symbol of success and a way of boasting of status. Then it has crossed from useful tool, to all consuming entity. We worship at it's doorway in our continual improvements, our making perfection of it's gardens, our continuing maintenance of perfectly adequate structures. It stops just being a refuge, and becomes a fortress. Our ability to feel control of our property becomes dominating in our life, until subtly, we fail to realize, what we perceive as control has become obsession. The side effect is our removal of God. Man has finite time, and anything done without it's dedication to God, removes God. A man m