Those faithfully reading through the Old Testament should be in the final three historical books, which appear just before the Wisdom literature (Job, Psalms, etc).…
There are so many memorable passages in Scripture, but they can be misused and abused if not handled correctly. Jeremiah 29:11 is one such passage.…
I don’t know about you, but one of the prayers I pray perhaps more than any other nowadays is this: “Come Quickly Lord Jesus”. Sometimes…
OK, now you may think I have gone off the deep end: speaking on things that mere mortals must tread so very carefully on. No,…
Is this in fact a difficult passage? Well, not so much – the difficulty arises when it is rather misused and abused by various believers…
If there was anything that I learned from my time in Europe and England, it is the truth that a godly heritage can be almost…
The Word of God is the gold standard for Christians. It is our source of truth, stamp of authority, and our moral compass. Without it…
Western Christians are not Israel, and most of us have not been physically carried away into captivity. But spiritually and metaphorically speaking that is exactly…
We are told in Scripture that “the word of God is living and powerful” (Hebrews 4:12), or “living and active” as other versions put it.…
The Old Testament book of Esther is much loved by many, especially by Jewish readers. For in it we learn about the remarkable preservation of…
It seems that in each generation, especially the really dark ones, God raises up a prophetic voice to speak into them. It may be a…
I get plenty of emails pouring into my inbox every day. They can be sorted into at least three categories: the good, the bad, and…
I recently penned what I thought was the last of a three-part series on living in exile. This morning I came across a passage however…
In two earlier articles I looked at Israel in captivity, and lessons for the church. Here I want to pen a third and final article…
The relationship between the people of God and the world which God has created is a lengthy and complex subject. Christians have had different ideas…
One of the saddest and most shattering passages in the whole of the Bible is Psalm 137:1-4: “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and…