the waiting country

a love theme for the wilderness

Friday, 23 October 2020

Joy in the Journey 58 - Listening to God until...

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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...
Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Joy in the Journey 57 - A glorious throne

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Jeremiah 17:9 speaks of "A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning..." - the Lord's seat of honour, established in righte...
Friday, 16 October 2020

Chris Wright on Paul's preaching & teaching re idolatry

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

Joy in the Journey (56) - Being fed morning and evening

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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...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Joy in the Journey (55) - Are you envious because I'm generous?

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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...
Friday, 9 October 2020

Joy in the Journey (54) - Searched and Known

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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 ...
Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Trinity (Eugene Peterson)

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Trinity is a conceptual attempt to provide coherence to God as God is revealed variously as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in our Scriptures: ...
Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Joy in the Journey (53) - By my side

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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...
Friday, 2 October 2020

Joy in the Journey (52) - The opportunity to return

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Sometimes it makes sense to turn back. A mountain climb when the weather closes in, or driving somewhere when thick, freezing fog descends. ...
Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Joy in the Journey (51) - Beginning to speak plainly

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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...
Friday, 25 September 2020

Strengthen our hearts

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(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...

How mission becomes shrill (Peterson)

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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...

Joy in the Journey (50) - Sarah's laughter

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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...
Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Joy in the Journey (49) - Kept from recognising Him

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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...
Friday, 18 September 2020

Joy in the Journey (48) - Times of Refreshing

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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...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Joy in the Journey (47) - Turning your back on an open gospel door

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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...
Friday, 11 September 2020

Already you have begun to reign! (1 Corinthians 4:8)

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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...

Joy in the Journey (46) - He answered me

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"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...
Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Joy in the Journey (45) - The True Grace of God

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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,...
Monday, 7 September 2020

How to live when the crisis is past

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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...
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