Only once in the four Gospels are we ever told that Jesus performed a healing miracle in two stages. Have you every wondered why? I certainly have. Continue reading
A Second Touch
He’s in the fishing port again. Continue reading
The Battle of Pea-Patch Plot
King David’s crack troops were known as ‘The Thirty’. They were his proven storm troopers Continue reading
Passing by, not by-passing!
Even after a long lifetime’s devotion to Scripture I still find lovely surprises that hitherto have ‘passed me by’ Continue reading
He had to die so that …
He had to die so that …
Little Colton had died. In the months after his resuscitation he would, from time to time, mention a snippet or two of what he had experienced when he saw Jesus. Continue reading
The Blessed Virgin Mary, a model of how to pray
When the wine ran out at that memorable wedding feast, what did Mary want Jesus to do exactly? Continue reading
Restoring the lost glow
I wonder how many of us evangelicals, reciting one of our essential Bible verses, ever stops to realise that we hardly understand it. Continue reading
Is physical healing in the atonement?
[] Did Peter teach that?
I quoted ‘By whose stripes you were healed’ (1 Peter 2:24b KJV) as we prayed over Pam, Continue reading
Some thrilling cardiac thinking
Some thrilling cardiac thinking
Scripture attributes to the heart such activities as thoughts (Genesis 6:5) and intentions (Genesis 8:21), desires (Psalm 37:4) and purposes (1 Corinthians 4:5), hate (Leviticus 19:17) and love (Deuteronomy 10:12), and such emotions as anxiety (Proverbs 12:25) and joy (Proverbs 17:22). Continue reading
Divine communication
Divine communication
A paperback entitled ‘Conversations with God’ that I found in a charity shop reckoned that God rarely uses words, because words have their limitations and can easily be misunderstood. Rather, God speaks primarily through our feelings (the language of the soul), and thoughts (mental images), and experiences. Words are his last resort.