Category: Tough Questions

Nothing worth having comes easily. We all know the truth in that, don’t we? No pain, no gain and all that. We have to put the effort in to get something out. Achieving something...

Two years on from Zechariah’s night visions and the people of Bethel send a delegation with a question for God. They don’t know how to ask God directly so they come to the priests...

Remember Habakkuk’s question? How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen?  Habakkuk 1:2 Well, this is God’s answer. ‘Look at the nations and watch – and be utterly amazed....

How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, ‘Violence!’ but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do...

So Hosea married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.  Hosea 1:3 God told Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman. So he did. God instructed them to call their...

But you did not honour the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways.  Daniel 5:24 Daniel here is speaking to King Belshazzar who desecrated the silver and gold goblets...

From the last section of Isaiah 52 through to the end of Isaiah 53, we meet the suffering servant. This special individual who was a key part of this new story for the people...

Yesterday I wrote about breasts. About reclaiming the natural attraction to breasts as God-given and celebrating it. As I got thinking about it further through the day, I felt yesterday’s post would be not...

Well, if we think we’ve encountered negativity so far in the Book of Ecclesiastes, trust me, we ain’t seen nothing yet! This chapter takes us to a whole new level of meaninglessness. I have...

So yesterday, I, along with the writer of the Ecclesiastes, was advocating mindfulness. A deep contentment with what we have and a mindful enjoyment of everyday life. Nice. But what about those who cannot...