the waiting country

For every Christian, listening to the Lord, paying attention to his Word, is not a matter of debate; it's an almost instinctive and deli...

Jeremiah 17:9 speaks of "A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning..." - the Lord's seat of honour, established in righte...

Paul's evangelism was uncompromisingly effective but not calculatingly offensive. Paul could speak the truth with grace and respect. He ...

The account of Elijah by the brook in 1 Kings 17:2-6 is deeply moving. In a time of drought and distress, with the nation under the severest...

The generosity of God in the gospel of his Son is astonishingly deep. It moves our hearts to humbled worship and Spirit-given joy. Its procl...

A theologian's colleague had a sign on his door: "Jesus knows me, this I love" . It's a striking reversal of a much-loved ...

Trinity is a conceptual attempt to provide coherence to God as God is revealed variously as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our Scriptures: ...

The apostle Paul was put on trial as a Christian for heralding the good news that Jesus is Lord and not Caesar (2 Tim. 4:9-18). It was, quit...

Sometimes it makes sense to turn back. A mountain climb when the weather closes in, or driving somewhere when thick, freezing fog descends. ...

In Mark 7 a man is brought to Jesus. He is deaf and cannot talk. That is a dreadful condition to be in, cutting him off from the ease and jo...

(Notes from a recent prayer meeting) I want to suggest that the past months haven’t only seen us facing challenges and difficulties but they...

If worship is the cultivation of who we are and what we are here for, mission has a lot to do with with how we get it done. When the mission...

In Genesis 19, Abraham is visited by the LORD (and a couple of angels). Over the meal that Abraham’s glad and godly hospitality provides for...

In Luke 24, Cleopas and his companion, making their way to Emmaus on the evening of Easter Sunday, are joined by the risen Lord Jesus, but t...

In Acts 3, a wonderful miracle has taken place: a lame beggar has been healed - not only can he now walk but he praises God; his soul has be...

For Christians and churches, seeing God open doors so that others can hear of and believe in Jesus is a longing that is deeply embedded in t...

What’s the problem Paul is so clearly wrestling with regarding the Corinthian church? Verse 8 puts it so powerfully in the biting irony: “Al...

"I call on the LORD in my distress, and he answers me.”  (Psalm 120:1) Psalms 120-134, the Psalms of Ascent, are a collection that were...

Grace - it's one of the most beautiful words in any language. Grace that means the price has been fully paid, that I am accepted by God,...

Where do we go from here? How do we go from here? What is expected of us - when we have looked into the abyss of human frailty and finitude...