The prophets tended to see the future as a series of mountain peaks. Joel’s prophecy is a great example. He paints, in vivid colours, the picture of a swarm of locusts attacking ancient Judah, as a sign foreshadowing the awesome, still-in-our-future, ‘Day of the Lord’. There were a series of .
I was brought up hearing the message of salvation clearly and repeatedly, week after week, in such an unmistakable way that classic gospel texts like John 3:16, Romans 3:23 and 1 Timothy 1:15 are etched on my psyche to this day. And I am eternally grateful for that. I heard .
I am sure you are familiar with the phrase ‘five-a-day.’ It is a catchy little slogan to ensure we are eating plenty of fruit and vegetables to maintain a healthy diet. But I want to take that phrase in a slightly different direction. Think about five people in your sphere .
A genealogy doesn’t seem a great way to start off a Gospel, not least the Gospel that, in Protestant Bibles, opens up the entire New Testament corpus. But for Matthew, and his Jewish readership, there was nothing more compelling than seeing how the birth of Christ was firmly grounded in .
There are some genuinely shocking scenes in the Old Testament that leave you with more questions than answers. I have been working my way through early Leviticus, trying to assimilate the details of the various sacrifices, and grasp Aaron’s fashion sense. And then I came across the shocking story of .