But I only want the best for you…
Paul knows where the Ephesian church is at. He’s had the letters and the personal testimonies from visitors to Rome. He knows they are starting out from a good place… For this reason, ever...
Author: Andy
Ephesians – Free Will and Predestination
Ephesians provides us with a heady mix of easy to grasp ideas and big chunks of dense prose that get you scratching your head. Today Paul, in passing, talks about predestination – something that...
Ephesians: Starting out
I have always had a soft spot for the book of Ephesians. Firstly, I’ve been to the ruined City of Ephesus on an epic day trip from Marmaris in Turkey. Most people fancied another...
In the world but not of the world
The Israelites were defeated. They were being occupied by the Babylonians. Their land was under the control of a foreign leader and some of the brightest and best of their young people had been...
The End. For now.
So this is our last day in 2 Kings and we continue with this sorry period in the history of the people of Israel – During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the...
Can justice flow like rivers in the Middle East today?
Hezekiah is one of my heroes. On Monday, Helen extolled the spiritual virtues that enabled him to bring the People of Judah back to God. But he was more than just a religious leader...
In which Ahab meets the sticky end predicted by Elijah…
And so we get to the final chapter of 1 Kings and with Helen away it is my task to conclude this book. So Ahab is still King of Israel and Jehoshaphat is the...
Love and Justice in Migration? Or are we too scared?
We rarely question the movement of people when we read biblical stories. It goes without comment in the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph that they travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem and then on...
In the name of God what have we done?
One of the most controversial issues in the world for the last 100 years has been which land “belongs” to the Jewish people in what is now called Israel. The roots of that issue...
Making things fair in business and society
The rules and regulations in Deuteronomy cover how we should run society as a whole. They consider personal morals, family values, religious observance and running society. In my opinion, there is one other important...
