Our August issue last year focused on the virtue of courage, but we thought it would be interesting this time to consider one of the vices. Of all the vices perhaps sloth, or laziness, is particularly pertinent in our modern age. Technology and entertainment takes up so much of our time, yet we’ve never felt busier. As a result we often excuse laziness as nothing too serious – one of those sins we can safely ignore in ourselves while condemning in others. We’d do well to think seriously about how to wisely use the time God has given us, whether in work, rest, or play.

 

In our Feature, Dale Christensen looks at the sluggard in the book of Proverbs and asks what that can teach us even in our busy lives. Nathan Holyoak offers some Food for Thought reflecting on what laziness really costs us from a spiritual point of view.

 

Benny Tabalujan helps us to understand what Jesus meant when he said ‘do not judge’ in another installment of our Puzzling Passages series. In Race Finishers, Paul Tyers looks back on the encouraging life of Dennis Vander Kraats, a member of the Malaga Church of Christ in Perth who passed away recently. In our ChurchScene Theophilus Gyau looks at the results from the latest survey of non-denominational churches in Australia to see what has changed over the last six years.

 

In our News, we hear about the latest Camp Challenge in NSW, and the recent appointment of elders at the Heidelberg West Church of Christ in VIC. There’s also a note about the Facebook page Kingdom Connect where churches can share news about church activities and events, and connect.

 

May this issue be an encouragement as we all seek to give our best in God’s kingdom.

The InterSections team.