The end is not nigh

Tsunamis, snowstorms, earthquakes — is God withdrawing His restraining hand and allowing the earth to be engulfed in chaos? There are a couple of considerations here: God has removed restraint upon people, and the end […]
Tsunamis, snowstorms, earthquakes — is God withdrawing His restraining hand and allowing the earth to be engulfed in chaos? There are a couple of considerations here: God has removed restraint upon people, and the end […]
Photos taken by Andrea Irvine. Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin.
I am finding my ‘verse of the week’ (2 Peter 3:9) to be difficult to memorize because its implications distract me from trying to rote-learn it. If God doesn’t wish for anyone to perish but […]
I have some weedkiller in my garden shed. I don’t like using the stuff but we have ivy and blackberry growing wild which are almost impossible to control aside from a targeted spray with Roundup. […]
My memory verse for this week is Exodus 34:6 in which God reveals Himself to Moses. The other day I was reading Mark 6:48-50 (Jesus walking on water) and the ESV Study Bible note for […]
I read something encouraging and thought-provoking this morning written by Sinclair Ferguson in his book ‘In Christ Alone‘: Christ died our death, and now in His resurrection He continues to wear our nature forever, and […]
Recently I have been considering Psalm 131 and the ideal of having a quiet and calm soul in God’s presence. This has been on my mind as I observe within myself how fragmented and distracted […]
One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. John Piper 2:02 PM Oct 20th, 2009 My response to […]
Do you ever miss the irresponsibility of childhood? When your needs were met by parents and you just got on with living rather than worrying. In my previous post I cited Psalm 131 as an […]