Tag: Old Testament
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Exodus 16 | Who Then Shall Provide for Us?
Faith Forgotten in the Wilderness (Introduction) Archbishop William Temple once said, “When I pray, coincidences happen. When I don’t, they don’t.” It is something so simple that is profound, isn’t it? Have you ever had that sort of experience or realisation? Praying for something and seeing it happen when it seemed unlikely. I don’t mean…
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From Plagues to Covenant (Hope in The Exodus)
Freedom Formed by God’s Story 1. Introduction — Freedom Is Only the Beginning In 2009, I was travelling for the first time out of the UK/Ireland, by myself with a team, to Senegal. From start to finish over those two weeks, it was one of the most formative times of my life—the constant experience of…
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Restoring the Centre: Grace as Our First Priority (Ezekiel 36:22-38)
1. What is it All About (Introduction) Every Wednesday night, we have bible study at church, and I have to confess that as I went down this week, I was not really in the mood for it or feeling prepared. I would go so far as to say I was not sure I even wanted…
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Live Because The Light Has Come (Isaiah 63:7-10)
1 What Do We Do When the Wait is Over? We have all had that season in life when we have been waiting for something to come, or perhaps even something to finish, and then it does. We find ourselves thinking, is that it or now what? The tension of waiting is that, when the…
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The Beauty of Worship (1 Kings 8:12-21)
Last week, we considered the beginning of the pinnacle moment in the history of the nation of Israel. The people who were once stateless and enslaved to a world superpower had finally established their Kingdom as promised by God. Here they are after years of wandering in the wilderness, decades of lawlessness and anarchy in…
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The Wisdom of Worship: The Ark, the Temple, and the Joy of God’s Presence (1 Kings 81:-11)
Introduction It seems that one day, King David was sitting in the comfort and beauty of his Palace, surrounded by the splendour of Jerusalem, protected by her walls; it suddenly dawned on the King that while he was sitting in the splendour and comfort of his palace, the Ark of the Covenant – that Symbolised…
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