Devotions on the Book of Job (Friday, Week 1)
What do we learn about the man Job from the opening verses?...
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 (Monday, Week 2)
Who is "haś•śāṭān", or "the satan" in the book of Job, and what is his role?...
Keep ReadingDevotions on the Book of Job (Wednesday, Week 2)
In our last devotion, we considered the place "the satan" in Job 1-2 in functional terms. My reasoning for doing this was to guard against taking our own existing ideas about who the satan is and reading this back into the text. There are two extremes we need to avoid (which is the case in many areas of Christian thought!). We don't want to be overly fixated on our preconc...
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Devotions on the Book of Job (Friday, Week 2)
What are Christians to make of Satan and his strategies?...
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Devotions on the Book of Job (Monday, Week 4)
In yesterday's message, we looked at the worldview of Job's friends. It sounds so right when we work through it: God is absolutely in control. God is absolutely just and fair. Therefore God always punishes wickedness and blesses righteousness. Therefore, if I suffer I must have sinned and am being punished justly for my sin, and if I am blessed I must have been good....
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