Devotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 13)
Considering the place of Elihu and his words (Job 32-37): a positive voice?...
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!...
Devotions 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...
Keep Reading
1
Devotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 11)
As we leave Job for a few weeks and return to the Gospel of Luke, we look at some of the parallel themes between Job and Luke 18....
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 11)
One of the most pressing issues in the book of Job the whole question of "Why". Why is Job hauled through such a harrowing experience? Why is this upright man of integrity and faithfulness suffering so desperately? Why is God allowing this to happen? Why.? And yet this question is not directly answered. At least not in a neat and clearly satisfying way. For many readers o...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 10)
I am always so encouraged by the testimony of those who remain faithful in the midst of suffering. Elisabeth Elliot is a wonderful example. Her first husband was Jim was one of the 'Ecuador Five'- missionaries who were murdered by members of the Auca tribe as they sought to bring the gospel into the jungles of Ecuador. This is an amazing story in itself (Jim Elliot wrote t...
Keep Reading
2
Devotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 10)
As we have continued to work through the book of Job we have listened as even Job's closest friends turn on him. We have considered what they have had to say- the three not-so-comforters, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. We have heard the advice they have tried to give Job- or I should say the abuse they have dumped on poor Job. We tried to summarise their worldview and we real...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 9)
How would you describe your deepest longings as you turn the eyes of your heart to eternity?...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Tuesday, Week 9)
We were to work through Job 19 on Sunday. But the extreme weather, an uprooted tree* and fallen power lines meant that we were not able to gather for church. My wife wondered if there was something in the message which I had prepared that God didn't want us to hear this week! And yet, there was much in the events of the weekend- the power in the weather, the devastation of...
Keep Reading
1
Devotions on the Book of Job (Thursday, Week 8)
Read through Job 16 Job feels "worn out" and "devastated" by God (Job 16:7), "assailed" and "torn" by God (Job 16:9), "shattered" and "crushed" by God (Job 16:12). And yet Job knows that- somehow- God is his only hope: "O earth, do not cover my blood;may my cry never be laid to rest!Even now my witness is in heaven;my advocate is on highMy intercessor is my friendas m...
Keep Reading