the waiting country

The old weather-beaten Christian, who has learnt by sorrowful experience how weak he is in himself, and what powerful subtle enemies he has ...

Very helpful discussion of Christ-centred hermeneutics with the guys from Mere Fidelity:

When 9/11 occurred, I was waking from a comfortable night’s sleep in an upscale San Antonio hotel.  While dressing, I watched the news foota...

But when, after a long experience of their own deceitful hearts, after repeated proofs of their weakness, wilfulness, ingratitude, and insen...

When young Christians are greatly comforted with the Lord's love and presence, their doubts and fears are for that season at an end. But...

Beams Of Heaven: Indelible Grace IV by Indelible Grace Music

There are some who have little regard for the Old Testament. They think of it as a book that was given to the Jewish people only and is now ...

The mission of God's people is not a matter of how great we are at doing things for God but a matter of how patient and persistent God i...

Above all, my dear friend, let us keep close to the Lord in a way of prayer: He giveth wisdom that is profitable to direct; He is the Wonder...

...often the church finds herself far from shore and threatened by strong winds and waves. Those in the boat often fail to understand that t...

Lord, how can man preach thy eternall word? He is a brittle crazie glasse; Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford This glorious and trans...

This is no time for panic or resentment; it is certainly no time for hate - we're still to love our neighbours as ourselves...this is a ...

'My life' is quintessential Iris DeMent - a bittersweet song, sung with pathos and a lyrical purity. It laments the brevity of life ...

Great stuff from Kevin Vanhoozer (HT: Mike Bird).

If the major scriptural images and definitions for the church are family/household and body, why is so much attention given to learning from...

Such helpful reflections by Elisabeth Elliot on the role of experience in maturing our relationship with God: Breaking up my categories is...

Between us and the Kingdom of God as a fully realised fact lies death. It cannot but be so. We saw before that the idea of a perfect society...

(These comments by Matt Crawford in The World Beyond Your Head on the absence of silence and the gutting of attention have serious pastoral...

Commenting on Joseph's & his brothers' experiences, Tim Keller writes: We must never assume that we know enough to mistrust God...

It's a striking warning: "if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be u...