the waiting country

The Bible begins with darkness - a darkness that was over the surface of the deep. And everything, within that darkness, was formless and em...

In no particular order (and doubtless there shall be more...) The Theology of Jeremiah: The Book, the Man, the Message A World Without Email...

At times during this year, you may have felt the Lord drawing your heart towards him, in love and longing. In the fires of suffering and in ...

(Sermon preached on Sunday 27th December 2020. Text: Exodus 3:1-10) The child in the manger, surrounded by loving parents and adoring Shephe...

Christmas Day! Here at last. After all the suffering of this year, all the pain and confusion, we can today remember that the Word was made ...

Mary's song, the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55), extols the virtues of the God of reversals, who "brings down rulers from their thrones...

I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. (Jeremiah 11:19) If the highest goal of virtue is the betterment of the most people, gen...

1. I know a lot of fancy words. I tear them from my heart and my tongue. Then I pray. 2. Lord God, mercy is in your hands, pour me a little....

Psalm 44 expresses deep agony. The nation is in turmoil and, seemingly, a sitting duck for its enemies. They not only feel weak, they are ...

 Jim Packer suggests it means this: The meaning of ‘he will give us all things’ can be put thus: one day we shall see that nothing – literal...

Back in the spring - Lockdown Spring - I bought a new bible from 10ofThose . I had been using a single-column NIV but was struggling with ho...

(Notes for Tuesday evening's prayer meeting) The resurrection of our Lord Jesus is (along with his death upon the cross) the hinge on wh...

It seems so very obvious: Jesus wants his people to be sanctified; that is, to be made holy. No grime, just goodness. No more tainted love, ...

Eugene Peterson comments that, "Pastoral listening requires unhurried leisure, even if it's only for five minutes. Leisure is a qua...

Hebrews is replete with quotations from the psalms. And maybe sometimes it seems like they've just been reached for as a repository of u...

Ok, you're right, that title is a bit melodramatic. Point taken. But here are a few books that meant a great deal to me this year. In am...

Psalm 95 opens with verses of luscious praise to the living God, "the Rock of our salvation" . They've often been used to ope...

It appears that the recovery of apostate bodies is not only a possibility according to biblical teaching but that it is in fact the central ...

There are times we find ourselves in the presence of death. It is near at hand. We lose those we love most and so do those we know and care ...

Though the attempt to claim justification without a clear commitment to sanctification outrages our conscience, we usually repress this from...