the waiting country

...if there is any connection between the triple-groaning of Romans 8 (creation; Christians; the Spirit) and the pains of childbearing of Ge...

These are the days you never saw; sun rises, sun sets just as before, but you have been laid to rest, never to rise in a morning of time, ne...

In Luke 13:1-5, Jesus tells of two recent events in which people have suffered - first at the hands of murderous Pilate, secondly in the col...

"If Jesus is...the lens through which you glimpse the beauty of God, you will discover what it means to worship, because you will disco...

Sometimes it can be hard for missionaries and other Christian workers to speak about their work because they fear being 'put on a pedest...

Jonah. Somehow he seems to have ended up a bit of a hero but in truth he was much more a villain. Called to preach a message of judgement, h...

It’s a striking scene – a miraculous catch of fish is followed by an unequivocal call: “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men” (Mt. ...

1. Planning Studded throughout Paul’s letters are indications of the plans he made regarding his gospel work. The details he records are ver...

That would be a very good question for potential missionaries (well, at least for those thinking of going to Spain). Might we be permitted t...

There are days when I am not a pilgrim, when my feet are stuck in rutted land and my hand is empty of another's by the choice of a dista...

Harold (8): Daddy, I love you, you're the best man in all the world. Iola (4): No he isn't; Ben is - he lifts me up by my feet!

1. The refusal to do mission brings calamity upon us and our neighbours. The church cannot expect to live in a comfortable relationship wi...

It's what Jesus did, as he began to pray in John 17, having concluded his long discussion with his disciples. But why look up? Doesn...

the obvious instances where Jesus speaks about Jonah, the example of the OT prophet seems to cast its shadow in other ways across Jesus'...

reformation is just not enough, not in time. Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. H...

I've read blogs but never thought I'd ever bother to get around to writing one. So what's changed? Not much, which might mean th...