the waiting country

Psalm 78 is a recital of the history of Israel and their yo-yo relationship with YHWH. Some days they were up, some days they were down; and...

Commenting on the role played by Pharaoh's daughter in the raising and forming of Moses (and, so, in the redemption of Israel) Peter Enn...

Their conversation is like a gently wicked dance: sound meets sound, curtsies, shimmies, and retires. Another sound enters but is upstaged b...

The perspective of Joseph on his sufferings at the hands of his brothers is quite stunning. When he reveals himself to them they are - well,...

The sons of Jacob/Israel were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Jospeh and Benjamin. In Rev. 7:5-8 ...

Slow down. Hold still. It's not as if it's a matter of will. Someone's circling. Someone's moving a little lower than the an...

to effective evangelism according to the prayer of Jesus are not so much outdated methods, or inadequate presentations of the gospel, as rea...

Extracts from Against Christianity by Peter J. Leithart (Canon Press, 2003, pp.16-18) Christian community...is not an extra "religious...

Mark 7:14-30 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside you can defile...

It would seem an obvious point: Jesus wants his people to be sanctified, to be holy. Yes, quite so. In fact, he prays for just that in his g...

if nothing else by Over The Rhine i'm so tired in the mornings i try to go back i try to remember the light appearing without warning t...

...when time has a way of catching-up on you, dropping hints that cannot aspire to subtlety, affirming what you suspected all along but wer...

...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...