the waiting country

Doctrines, then, are profitable for celebrating, communicating, criticizing - and coping - provided they are used competently. The present w...

God bless you, Dad; God bless you, Dad. You've been a wonderful father, a good husband and a lovely grandad. You've loved us all so ...

A year ago I closed your eyes after that last, long gasp of life. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. You were there when my eyes o...

Some people say I have my father's eyes but I've always known I had his heart.

For the longest time your voice has been silent; that voice which could boom out, calling for tea, while preserving from sight a thousand re...

He was a deserter; a failure. And the cause of a sharp disagreement between two Christian ministers, one of them his uncle. So sharp in fact...

Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have...

1. Fightings Without Israel has been delivered from the terrors of Egypt and has begun to self-destruct in the wilderness. It is often the c...

let me fall into the hands of Yahweh, for his mercy is very great; and let me not fall into the hands of men (1 Chron. 21:13) David was offe...

1. Oh Book! infinite sweetnesse! let my heart Suck ev’ry letter, and a hony gain, Precious for any grief in any part ; To clea...

Part of me You are a part of me I never want to lose Hard for me This is too hard Maybe I can't get through What will I miss the most Pr...

Israel are well and truly in the wilderness and have been for some time now. The problem for them is that the wilderness “is no longer simpl...

"The Sinai event is a kind of axle for holding together two basic realities: one, everything God does involves me (election); and two, ...

"is the inconsequential outsider whose life is essential for telling the complete story of salvation." "is the instance of a ...

A desert is a hostile environment. Even for those used to living there, life in the wilderness poses severe challenges. And that is a pictur...

about heaven are usually those to which the answer demands a sustained and creative reflection upon our current life in this world. For exam...

Athens in Paul’s day was strikingly similar to our own society. All views were welcome; none were right, none were wrong. It was a society w...

1. Setting the Scene For those who want to share the gospel, which ought to mean every Christian in one way or another, we live in strange t...

It's sometimes said that a person's reputation has gone before them. That certainly seems to be true in this passage for Paul and hi...

1. Under God's Control (vv.6-10) Prov. 16:9 says that "In his heart a man plans his course but the LORD determines his steps."...