Every so often I come across an idea, a doctrine, a piece of Christian thinking that I may know by name and may even have read a little bit about but have failed to substantially engage with in a meaningful way. Recently in a conversation a friend asked me what I thought about “Union with […]
Solo – A Star Wars Story A few thoughts on Solo, the new Star Wars movie. The film is the back story to the rogue turned hero of the earlier movies: Han Solo.It charts the section of his life where he meets two of the main characters from the other films: Chewbacca and Lando and […]
I’ve been thinking lately about what it means to rejoice in salvation. It seems to me that easy to let my familiarity with the gospel message dull me to the wonder of what God has done through his son Jesus. It is of course a miracle that God would know me from before time itself […]
With Easter still very much in my mind the thought of lambs in the fields seems somehow appropriate. While were we up on Penistone Hill on Easter Sunday morning we saw a field full of sheep and as we approached they came running towards us, I guess because they thought we had breakfast. When John […]
Just some thoughts on the latest Star Wars Film. SPOILER ALERT – STOP READING if you have not seen the film but intend to. I very much wanted to love this film. That is the honest truth. I am a huge fan of Star Wars having grown up with it, and I […]
“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.” 2 Corinthians 1:5 There is a blessed proportion. The Ruler of Providence bears a pair of scales-in this side he puts his people’s trials, and in that he puts their consolations. When the scale of trial is nearly empty, you […]
“The love of the Lord.” Hosea 3:1 Believer, look back through all thine experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord thy God has led thee in the wilderness, and how he hath fed and clothed thee every day-how he hath borne with thine ill manners-how he hath put up with all thy […]
The power and appropriateness of Spurgeon’s “Morning and Evening” has been astonishing. Let me share another for encouragement: “I sought him, but I found him not.” Song of Solomon 3:1 Tell me where you lost the company of a Christ, and I will tell you the most likely place to find him. Have you lost […]
“Beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.” — Matthew 14:30 Sinking times are praying times with the Lord’s servants. Peter neglected prayer at starting upon his venturous journey, but when he began to sink his danger made him a suppliant, and his cry though late was not too late. In our hours of […]
There is something strangely moving about watching a snowman go to extraordinary lengths to procure a hat and gloves for his beloved snowwife. Of course said blandly like that it sounds unimpressive but the makers of the John Lewis advert for this Christmas have captured beautifully the idea that love can drive us to perform […]
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