In Psalm 2, King David, or someone writing from his perspective, seems jolted out of complacency with a shock: the anointed leader is beset by enemies and mocked by them! (1-3) How does the writer imagine God responding? First, God laughs scornfully at the puny offence (4) and then in fury reaffirms the status of…
(Originally posted at Men of Strength on 1 March 2014.) At church this morning we sang Oceans again. Yikes! that is a scarey song! “Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders… Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander …” I advise you to think carefully before you voice that request to God. The place…
A friend who is travelling on a similar road to me, away from Evangelicalism towards something that gives the character of God as shown in the words and actions of Jesus more centrality, posed the question of how we now pray. My friend suggested that it is no surprise that the first disciples asked Jesus…
