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)...
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
In this week's W-W, there is a discipleship encouragement, a family encouragement, a prayer encouragement, and a tempo of life encouragement... ...
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....
In this week's W-W there is encouragement to fight, to pray, to trust, and to run... all in God's strength!...
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!...
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....
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As the fall of Jerusalem becomes apparent, Ezekiel suffers the loss of his wife. God's insistence that Ezekiel is not to outwardly grieve teaches us that there are even more significant reasons for mourning....
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Ezekiel 33 marks a transition in the book, as we move from oracles of judgement against Israel and then the nations, to oracles of restoration and renewal for God's people. Throughout the remaining chapters of the book, there are many words of prophecy that speak of the Lord regenerating and restoring Israel to the land He promised to them (cf. Leviticus 26:113 and Deutero...
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The vision given to Ezekiel of the 'Valley of Dry Bones' is confronting on many levels. Can these bones live? God alone knows! (Ezekiel 37:3). This raises the reality of God's utter sovereignty and humanity's total inability when it comes to life-giving salvation. This truth was as true for the house of Israel as it is for people today. All people are bone-dry dead in a sp...
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Some of the faithless Israelites are hoping that the righteousness of others might be enough to save them. The Lord responds with a cryptic reference to three men- Noah, Job and Daniel- saying that even their presence in the city would not be enough to spare Jerusalem from judgment. What is significant about these men and what can we learn from this allusion?...
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In the calamity and woe of judgement in Ezekiel 9, many see the grace of the Lord Jesus in the man who marks the repentant for salvation....
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In what way will God's people "know that He is the Lord" in the midst of His judgement? Is this knowledge that leads to repentance and hope, or despair and devastation? ...
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Given the amount of material we are covering in our Ezekiel series, we will occasionally post additional devotions to accompany and expand on the sermons each week. Here we think some more on Ezekiel's opening vision where he tries to describe the glory of God....
Keep Reading In this week's W-W there is encouragement to fight, to pray, to trust, and to run... all in God's strength!...
Keep Reading 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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