While we were away on holiday, I finished reading a book that I’ve been working through over the last couple of months. It’s called The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith. It’s all about getting to know God …
We all love a good advert don’t we? Even if you find the ad breaks on TV annoying, there’s something about a well-made advert that connects with us on some level. Whether it’s old classics like “For mash get Smash” …
After Paul’s berakah introduction in Ephesians 1:3-14 (see last week’s post for more on that), he shifts his attention to his normal format of prayer for the church to whom he is writing. Just like vv3-14, this section from vv15-23 …
Ephesians is probably my favourite book in the whole Bible. It’s so full of rich, theological truths that shape our identity as followers of Jesus! Even just in the opening chunk of the letter (v1-14), Paul throws in nine massive …
Have you ever had the feeling that someone is only interested in you because of what they can get out of you? It’s not a nice feeling is it? Nobody likes to feel that someone is taking advantage of them. …
“Will you pray for me?” It’s a common question among Christians. When we’re going through something difficult, or we have something coming up which is uncertain (after all, what isn’t uncertain in life?) we ask our brothers and sisters to …
There was an atmosphere of tense awkwardness. Feet shuffled noisily, people coughed nervously, and nobody said anything. Each person looked around, trying to get a cue from someone else without catching his eye in case he called on them. This …
It’s the morning after the night before. If you were for some reason doing something else and you don’t know what I’m talking about, I of course mean the final of the European Championships which England sadly didn’t win. We …
A few years ago I had the opportunity to receive an early copy of a book by Jeff Vanderstelt in order to review it. I had read his previous book Saturate: Being Disciples of Jesus in the Everyday Stuff of …
I’ve always believed in God. That belief has evolved throughout my life. I’ll freely admit that my belief in God began with my parents. As a child, you believe what your parents tell you is true. “Eating too many sweets …
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