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Juliana of Norwich at the beginning of her wonderful Christian life addressed a prayer to her Savior and then added the wise words, "And this I ask without any condition." It was that last sentence th ... Read more

When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. — Revelation 1:17 It may be that, like the apostle John, you know Jesus Christ intimately. Yet when He suddenly appears to you with totally unfamiliar chara ... Read more

Among men, questions usually have more than one side; sometimes they have many. Pros and cons are often balanced so finely against each other that it is virtually impossible to know where the right li ... Read more

Psalms 138:8 It is clear that the confidence that the psalmist expresses is a divine confidence . He did not say, " I have enough grace to perfect that which concerns me--my faith is so steady that it ... Read more

When France’s ministry of health realized that 17.8 percent of French women smoked while pregnant, they came up with a plan. For a trial period of thirty-six months, seventeen French hospitals paid wo ... Read more

Bockmuehl, Markus. Ancient Apocryphal Gospels. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017. 344 pp.; Hb.; $40.00  Link to Westminster This new contribution to the Interpretation Resources for the Use of S ... Read more

…that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us… — John 17:21 If you are going through a time of isolation, seemingly all alone, read  ... Read more

Whenever and wherever there is a controversy between God and a man, God is always right and the man always wrong. "So that you may be proved right in your words and prevail in your judging" (Psalm 51: ... Read more

Psalms 17:7 When we give our hearts with our offerings, we do well, but we must often admit to failure in this respect. Not so our Master and our Lord. His favors are always performed with the love of ... Read more

By your patience possess your souls. — Luke 21:19 When a person is born again, there is a period of time when he does not have the same vitality in his thinking or reasoning that he previously had. We ... Read more

Have you heard about our exciting new MA in Biblical Studies at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, available from September this year, 2017. You can study full-time (one year) or part-time (up to three ... Read more

Ecclesiastes 10:7 Upstarts frequently steal the highest places, while the truly great struggle in obscurity. This is a riddle in providence whose solution will one day gladden the hearts of the uprigh ... Read more

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? — Romans 8:35 God does not keep His child immune from trouble; He promises, “I will be with him in trouble…” ( Psalm 91:15 ). It doesn ... Read more

May 2005 was my first trip to Israel. I had only 14 students but we did just about everything on that trip. We stayed several days longer than any other trip and made day trips to Petra and St. Cather ... Read more