• Relationship, Really

    But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:9 ESV Where God is concerned, relationship comes first, rules follow.… Continue reading

  • Hope in disastrous circumstances

    The prophet Jeremiah lived through the greatest disaster that befell the nation of Israel: the final stages of its conquest and exile. There was nothing left to hope in. In the throes of this disaster Jeremiah finds it easier to believe in God’s judgement & wrath than in his mercy & joy in his people.… Continue reading

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  • Simply Walking

    In Genesis 5:24 we’re told that Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. It’s one of those enigmatic sentences in Scripture that is just loaded with meaning if we would just stop long enough to understand it. One of the things that I love about our new location is the… Continue reading

  • What If?

    Simple Pleasures I’m sitting on a weathered green plastic sun lounger in the back garden of a suburban English home; the sun is warm, not hot; the wind ebbs and flows in soft cooling gusts across my face and arms. There’s a simple pleasure in these things that goes beyond the sum of the elements.… Continue reading

  • Unsystematic Theology

    There’s a thought, an understanding that’s been hinting to me for some time, but which I’ve never fully explored. It goes like this: if God had wanted us to have a systematic theology he would have arranged the Bible differently. I know that this can be construed as one of those clever phrases that actually… Continue reading