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Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6)

"A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five."
(Groucho Marx )

"And the lamb and the wolf shall lie down together, but the lamb won't get any sleep" (Woody Allen)

"But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." (Matthew 6:33)

Good soil for Wayward Seed? There's a sad fact that needs to be addressed. Far more seed has been lost by the Church than has been allowed to flourish.

I speak, of course, in the context of the Parable of the Sower. Surely the time has come for a conservation campaign, for a rescue mission to ensure that as much seed as possible is nourished and nurtured and allowed to reach full potential?

In short, people need, as never before, to be thoroughly saved from a World that is going to the dogs.

The Parable shows us the three ways that the flame of faith lit by the first spark of understanding of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ can be extinguished. It can be flicked out at source, it can be smothered through a lack of depth or it can be quenched through worldly concerns.

All three are currently prevalent and it is my contention that all three are generally not adequately dealt with by today's Church ... more ...

 

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ALL ABOUT ME

I have resisted this for so long, but have finally succumbed and here I am, running my own domain. It always seemed such a vanity, promoting your own "name" domain. It implies that you're only "Steve Maltz" important enough to be showcased on the Web. Mind you, the domain name had remained unused since the birth of the Web, so perhaps there are no other takers.

Here's a potted history:

Born, Bow, Stoke Newington, sister Michele, Ilford, early writing efforts, Bancroft's School, barmitzvah, guitar, hippy 60s, writing music, short stories, comedy poems, University of Reading, Chemistry, lazy dropout, love, Jesus, confusion, long dark night of the soul, exile, Israel, kibbutz, voyage of discovery, rat-race, Berger Paints, Operations research, Corporate Planning, Head Office, stuffy office, Monica, light of my life, optimism, world trip giving way to wedding planning, Monica, wedding, Lake District, computers, competition, winning, Superbrain and champagne, Brentwood, Systems Analysis, Philip born, home computing boom, Dragon 32, software house, Shards Software, Empire, first UK produced computer game for PC, Pettigrews Diary, third best adventure of all time, Christmas Number 1, BBC Micro, Woodbury End, Jericho Road, first Christian computer game in world, Ilford, optimism, posh office, collapse, redundancy, Simon born, broke, desparate, Jesus, born again, Education Technology, Cranfield, CBT, Interactive Video, Philips Eindhoven, first use of hypertext in Computer Based Training, Mum and Tree of Life, Yacov Prasch, Tony Pearce, Stuart Cohen, St Andrews Church, Patrick Sookhdeo, Plaistow, Baptism, Easter Day, redundancy, freelance, Tencore programming, Windows, multimedia Toolbook, Saltshakers, Valentine game, Phil, Howard, Colin, Kit, Conflict in Jerusalem, Lion Publishing, Risen, Lion CDROM of Bible and Christianity, Discover the Truth, Jesus Story Begins, Hodders NIV Study Bible CDROM, Internet, Saltshakers.com, The Olive, eMessianica, web sites, Premier, spiritual counselling, Holy Spirit, marriage course, Jonathan born, various failed writing and design projects, My Granny's Big Toe, Box of Tricks, Savage Butterfly, nearly successful film scripts, Israel, conflict, Idiots Guide to Middle East, Authentic, The Land of Many Names, Monarch, 9-11, 77 Talks for Bored Again Teens, Ilford, house of our dreams, Revelation TV, The People of Many Names, Clayhall Baptist, The Truth is Out There, low sales, fed up, Premier.tv, Jesus Man of Many Names, my own website ...