Ezekiel 21:1–23 Babylon is God’s sword with which he will exact his justice upon Jerusalem. We can trust that he is in control and is just because the sword of ultimate justice fell on JEsus, and he will one day return to wield the sword of judgement.
Nehemiah 1–2:8 In the face of extreme bad news God sends Nehemiah to rebuild his people, this isn’t a dramatic sending, but one that is soaked in prayerful obedience. How do we react when we hear bad news? How do we follow God when life is hard?
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15Many of us are stressed-out control-freaks obsessed with being productive. But so often life does not go as we planned. Recognising that things are under God’s control and not ours can enable frustration to lead to worship.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 The proliferation of labour-saving technologies like washing machines and even supermarket deliveries means that jobs which would have taken our forbears the best part of a week now take us only minutes, and yet somehow we’re busier than ever. In fact it’s suggested that some technologies can even make things worse: emails have multiplied the amount of communication we have to engage with, and mobile phones mean we’re now under greater pressure to reply immediately, and can never leave our work behind. Listen in as we reflect on some ancient wisdom to help us with this very contemporary issue of why we are so busy and stressed.
Hebrews 12:3-11 “It’s only in heaven that Kleenex goes out of business”. In the meantime there will be plenty of tears in our lives now, and Jesus calls us to take up our cross and follow him.
According to Macbeth: “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” If we are stuck in a universe consisting only of energy, time, and chance, then ours is necessarily a frightening and chaotic existence. And so for many people, distraction and denial become their only allies in battling life’s inherent insecurity. Listen in to Jesus’ freeing teaching on why and how we can go through life with joyful confidence.
Matthew 21:33-46 Christians are often put to shame by the superior kindness and integrity of those who don’t share their faith. Is it not then arrogant to suggest that people have to be Christian to be acceptable to God? Here Jesus’ teaching on whether good is good enough for God.
Genesis 40 Nietzsche wrote: “What really raises one’s indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering.” It’s been said that human beings can endure anything, except…
