by Stuart | 8 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Psalm 54 is one of the imprecatory psalms. It may be one of the milder imprecatory psalms, but the language of, say, v. 5 still makes us uncomfortable: “He will return to evil to my enemies; in your faithfulness put an end to them.” This is the kind of language that...
by Stuart | 7 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
I think it’s fair to say that we live in a world in which atheism has become increasingly militant. This is at least true online. Militant atheists are perhaps rarer in the streets than on social media and other digital platforms. Still, when we encounter these...
by Stuart | 6 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
Have you ever read the Bible and felt that the places, people, and events it describes are hopelessly foreign? That is understandable. The Bible was written by different people in a different place at a different time. Attempts to modernise Bible stories often sound...
by Stuart | 5 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
On night, about twenty years ago, the church landline rang after one evening at our missions conference. On the other end of the line was a man from the community who wanted a “father” to come and bless his house because he was convinced that his home and family were...
by Stuart | 2 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
In 1995, Joan Osborne burst onto the musical world stage with her wildly popular debut single One of Us.The song touches on various aspects of theism and how the listener might relate to God. Would the listener call God by name, if he had one? Would the listener want...
by Stuart | 1 Jul 2021 | Devotionals, Psalms
A 2007 CNN article focused on a “new” medical focus known as “age management.” The article cites the website of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, which speaks of “the arcane, outmoded stance that aging is natural and inevitable.” The Academy is in the...
