Letters on a Page Thinking/praying about the historical, theological and literary contexts of biblical passages is pretty darn important if your hope is to grow in love for God. How come? Well, have you ever thought why it is that God decided to make the primary medium of His Self-disclosure to us to be throughContinue reading “Hosea: History, Style, Theology (Intro)”
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Hosea: The Left Ventricle of God
Whispers of Love Do you have a favourite bible verse, a favourite biblical character or a favourite passage that means everything to you following Jesus – something like a life verse, maybe?
The Supernatural Glory Of God in a Single Gnat
Have you ever imagined what the world looked, smelt and sounded like during the time of Moses? Have you imagined what it must have been like to witness the plagues that God sent on the land of Egypt…the splitting of the Red Sea, the colossal pillars of fire and cloud and the armies of locustsContinue reading “The Supernatural Glory Of God in a Single Gnat”
Cold Feet? Beautiful Feet – A Theory of Holiness and Balance
So far this Advent we have focused on Isaiah 52 verses 1-4. How come? Because we wanted to spend time responding to the series Look At The Lamb by getting practical and by getting bold.
If Your Presence Does Not Go With Us
“If your Presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.” Exodus 33: 15
Cold Feet? Hey! Come and See How Good I Look!
Cold Feet? Reconsidering the Call
God delights in us enough to have orchestrated the great condescension of Jesus from the glory and majesty of the throne of God to the frailty of human frame and the freezing temperatures and animal muck of a farmyard.
Imagine being a Daddy and having a beautiful newborn baby boy. Imagine laying him on a cross of torture and suffering.
Imagine placing him down naked on a cold, wet winter pavement, turning and walking away from him.
Look at the Lamb (Outro & Day 21)
Day 21 – Nick At the end of October 2015 I was praying about how to finish this year’s reading of the Bible and the thought of studying the gospel of John landed in my mind pretty forcefully. What has followed is a 21-day series called Look at the Lamb.
Look at the Lamb (Day 20)
Day 20 – Nick Summary of Chapter 20 Verses 1-10: Mary Magdalene was distraught with grief and couldn’t sleep so she goes to be as near to Jesus as she thinks she can. Even being near to a dead Jesus is surely better than no Jesus at all. But the stone rolled away and anContinue reading “Look at the Lamb (Day 20)”
Look at the Lamb (Day 19)
Day 19 – Nick Summary of Chapter 19 Verses 1-16: The first 8 words of this chapter take one second to read. Scenes from Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ come to mind as we can only imagine what this ‘flogging’ looked like. Isaiah (52:14) gives us a better idea, approximately 760 years before, who detailsContinue reading “Look at the Lamb (Day 19)”
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