Devotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 14)
Revisiting the overview of the structure of the book of Job via the Bible Project....
Keep ReadingDeuteronomy Devotion: Moses not leading Israel into the Promised Land
In this brief reflection, Graham gives some thoughts on God refusing to allow Moses to lead His people into the Promised Land (Deuteronomy 3:23–27)...
Wednesday Webwatch (17/11/21)
This week's W-W gives thanks for the gathered church, warns against overfamiliarity with God, challenges those who make people bigger than God, or themselves as more worthy of worship....
Wednesday Webwatch (10/11/21)
In this week's W-W there is a classic gospel illustration, a word on singing together, a summary of marriage truth, and a reminder of an important reason we gather together as a church....
1 John devotion: The Interrelationship between Faith & Love
Unpacking John's teaching in 1 John 3:22-23, where he speaks of the necessary interrelationship between our belief in Christ Jesus and our love for others....
1 John devotion: How the Spirit of Christ in us works so we "cannot continue in sin"
Though genuine believers will struggle with sin, the work of the Spirit of Christ in us prevails such that we cannot live in ongoing, unrepentant sin....
Wednesday Webwatch (06/10/21)
In this week's W-W, we have a sensible productivity tip, an observation about discipleship, a word on God's will and prayer, and a reformation history doco to watch....
Wednesday Webwatch (1/9/21)
In this week's W-W, there is a discipleship encouragement, a family encouragement, a prayer encouragement, and a tempo of life encouragement... ...
Wednesday Webwatch (25/8/21)
This week's W-W has an illustration from marriage, encouragement from gospel conversations, a word on church divisions, a lesson from Afghanistan, and a prompt to pray for those living in pain....
Wednesday Webwatch (11/8/21)
In this week's W-W there is encouragement to fight, to pray, to trust, and to run... all in God's strength!...
Wednesday Webwatch (4/8/21)
In this week's W-W there is more on discipleship, a meditation on Psalm 103, a call for gospel-centred services, an important word on anxiety... and the final pointer to free e-books!...
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Devotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 14)
God has spoken (Job 38-41), and Job is accepting of what he has heard (Job 42:2). But clearly not everyone is satisfied. I mentioned Virginia Woolf's reaction: "I read the Book of Job the other day and I don't think God comes out well in it!". Such a view is articulated more academically by some commentators, such as this from Norman Habel: "For God to intervene and erase...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 13)
This week we are looking at the newcomer to the "let's fix Job" mix- the young and fired-up Elihu. Christopher Ash is right when he says that there are only two ways we can listen to Elihu: either he is a false prophet or he is a true prophet. Ash argues for the latter (as summarised in Tuesday's devotion). For what it's worth, I disagree and take the false-prophet option....
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 13)
Considering the place of Elihu and his words (Job 32-37): a positive voice?...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 12)
Job's interactions with his friends and before God have taken him a long way since the agonised darkness of chapter 3. In spite of his deep and drawn out suffering, he has remained steadfast in his resolve, and even displayed moments of profound hope (as we saw in Job 19:25-27). There is much more ground yet to be travelled, but chapters 27-31 mark a turn in the road. We w...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 12)
We return this week to our extended journey through the Book of Job. As we have noted a number of times, Job is not a book to rush through. The themes of God's sovereignty and undeserved suffering cannot be summarised in a few dot points. As we make our way through the various speeches and responses between Job and his 'comforters', we realise that the road of grief and lo...
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