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Interview with Tom (NT) Wright
My interview with Bishop Tom Wright appeared in Woman Alive in early 2013, but hasn’t dated too much – but of course, in the meantime his magnum opus on Paul has been released. Writers may read the line about the writing part of his brain taking over with amazement. I do. Simply Christian was and is…
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Devotional of the week: The three-in-one in us
But you will know him [the Spirit], for he lives with you and will be in you… Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. (John 14:15–21) Our text comes during what is known…
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My one word – train
Who loves training for a marathon? Not me. But that’s my word for the year (see my other posts on this movement) – train, with the accompanying verse is 2 Timothy 3:16 (about Scripture being God-breathed and useful for training in righteousness). Not exactly the word I was looking for in January, but it kept…
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Devotional of the week: Come to the waters
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. (John 7:25–44) Here Jesus…
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My Tangled (Writing) Journey
Of making many books there is no end… So said the wise man in Ecclesiastes. And never has that been more true with the explosion of self-publishing, when people can crank out a book in an afternoon, converting to a digital format their academic thesis or that novel buried in a drawer. But who will…
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Devotional of the week: The Lord with us
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm… The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3) Although there…
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Devotional of the week: A new heart
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezekiel 36:24–38 (NIV)…
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Devotional of the week – God before us; God behind us
This new devotional series we’ll be focusing on how Christ lives at the center of his followers, dwelling in their hearts. This idea pervades the Scriptures, found not only in the New Testament but also in the Old. I hope these readings will be a prompt for us to consider the adventure of union with…
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Join me in some shameless audacity?
The disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray. He answers with the now-famous Lord’s prayer, and then tells an intriguing story about you needing bread in the middle of the night because of unexpected visitors. You go to your friend and ask, but he can’t be bothered to get out of bed just on…
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Devotional of the week: Commissioned
“Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8 I’ve had the above verse hanging on my wall for years, for it reminds me that God empowers us to bring his love to a hurting world. We might not even have to move geographically.…
