One of the remarkable things about the Lord’s Prayer is the disclosure that ‘when you pray, go into your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is in secret – and… your Father who sees in secret will reward you.’ (Mt 6:6-7) It doesn’t tell you how to pray, what to say, or even how… Read More »
Reading the engaging text of Matthew 10 today, I thought about a different version: “Proclaim as you go, ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’ Calm storms, increase food supplies, turn water into wine, walk on water.” That would be an intriguing angle on Jesus’ ministry and his message about the kingdom of heaven, providing us with another thought-provoking… Read More »
Miracles! The Bible is replete with accounts of miracles. However, when we come to the Church in Galatia, it not only had a history interwoven with stories of the miraculous, particularly in the ministry of Jesus and the post-Pentecost church, but they were also witnessing miracles in their midst. What miracles they were seeing, we are not told,… Read More »
When I’m driving solo, I’ve got a routine where I play an audio Bible, sped up a bit to 1.6x. I don’t just let it run, though. I repeat the same chapter, starting over each time, until I really soak in the words. Recently, I’ve been digging into Paul’s letter to Titus. It’s a short one, just three… Read More »
In recent times, it seems like the classics are making a comeback – and no, we’re not talking about bell-bottom jeans or vinyl records; we’re referring to a renewed fascination with the foundational doctrines found in the Christian Creeds, and in particular, the Apostles’ and the Nicene Creed. It’s like a breath of fresh air in the Christian… Read More »
It’s not quite a teddy bear’s picnic! A quick thought on an obscure text that I have read recently – and as an old, bald prophetic person I wondered what lessons I could learn from it! In seriousness though, in the dramatic narrative of 2 Kings 2:23-24, we encounter an episode that can initially confound modern readers: “From… Read More »