by Stuart | 29 Mar 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
Christians in the Western-influenced world tend to trivialise suffering. We know that everyone who lives a godly life is supposed to suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12) and, since we don’t often experience the same kind of suffering that the first-century Christians...
by Stuart | 28 Mar 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
As we use them, greetings are frequently nothing more than a formality. We greet friends and family, tellers and petrol attendants, and beggars at our gate. We greet without thinking. We do so with little more motivation than politeness. Christian greetings should be...
by Stuart | 25 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Some concepts in Scripture are more difficult to understand than others. One of the concepts with which many Christians struggle is that of fearing God. After all, “God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control” (2 Timothy 2:7). Many...
by Stuart | 24 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
This is it—the text everyone has been waiting for. We have seen that, throughout his prophecy, Malachi has challenged Israel’s worship. I hope that he has similarly challenged our worship. But perhaps as a regular reader of Scripture, you’ve known that this particular...
by Stuart | 23 Mar 2022 | Devotionals, The Minor Prophets
Marvel’s ever-expanding cinematic universe plans, later this year, to introduce the superhero Moon Knight. Sometimes hailed as Marvel’s answer to DC’s Batman, Moon Knight is a hero who displays DID: dissociative identity disorder. Formerly known as multiple...
