We have been on holiday this week – at home! About a month ago we put a line through this week in our diaries and haven’t accepted any appointments or engagements. It has been marvellous – log fires every evening with a good book or film. I’ve read Douglas Botting’s biography of Gerald Durrell, an […]
After a very wild teenage in Bloomsbury – It is just about 65 years since I discovered the God of the Bible. And it has been a marvellous adventure since then. I am very aware that this is not a position that I share with much of society and the media but I am happy […]
There is another very, very important lesson to learn from yesterday’s Psalm! And it has to do with REALITY. The Christian experiences TWO strands of reality – the visible and the invisible – the seen and the unseen. We enjoy them both together – NOW! That is what a study of “the names of God” […]
We have been trying to help several people at the moment who are struggling with various intractable problems. I suppose that is the “default” human position? It made me think of Psalm 55:22, “Cast your cares on the LORD” (NIV). Older translations say, “Cast your BURDENS….” – The NIV correctly sees David in this Psalm […]
It is funny (No that is absolutely the wrong word because it is very serious) that people get the wrong idea about the Ten Commandments and see them as something we must obey if we want to have any hope of salvation. Nothing could be further from the truth. From beginning to end the Bible […]
“El Olam” is a name of God that comes comparatively few times, yet it reveals a wonderful aspect of His character. It means “the Everlasting God.” Its meaning is a little difficult to convey, because the Hebrew word “Olam” can’t be expressed in one particular English word. In Hebrew, “Olam” means: “everlasting”…“evermore”…“old”…“ancient time”…“beginning of the […]
The many names and titles given to God in the Bible contain a revelation of His person and character, and His purposes towards humankind, of which even Christian people are sometimes unaware. Names mean little to us – for us they are just “labels” to help us identify people. BUT in the East it is […]
The word “god” in English is almost, if not completely meaningless. We need to give it “content” and “context” to have meaning – which is why we looking at the Bible’s names for God. They tell us so much about His being, His character and His activity. We are going to look at a very […]
Today we look at “Jehovah Shammah” – “The Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35). This name for God is not limited in its application to the City and age to come, it conveys a truth which has been a great reality and comfort to God’s people in every age. So we don’t need to wait for […]
Today’s name for God is “Jehovah-tsidkenu” – “The Lord our Righteousness” (Jeremiah 23:6). It is a distinctly Messianic title. All the way through the Bible we see God as a “Righteous God” and One who demands that we are “holy” too (Leviticus 11:44; 19:2; 20:7; 7:26). And right through the Bible the way we are […]
