An explorer's guide to the New Covenant hosted by Ron Bailey and Robert Wurtz II.
the head of an old man by Guernico used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Transcendent and Immanent It is wonderful to consider the way in which God, who measures the cosmos with a single span, is able
Second best? We have tracked Abraham’s disastrous descent into Egypt, now let’s track his restoration. He went up out of Egypt into the Negeb. And he was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. Or as the Hebrew
Machpelah, a costly hiding place In the Hebrews 11 ‘National Gallery of the Heroes of Faith’ there is a single reference to Jacob/Israel but with a double focus: By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons
Kings, Confederates and a Priest I would like to ask you to read this instalment twice. Genesis 14 is packed with action and relevance. It gives a vivid background to the kind of world that Abraham lived in and shows
A New Year interlude… And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: and let them
Foundations for a blessing It is time now to examine the Blessing. Thus far we have identified Abraham as an ordinary man who became an extraordinary man. He was born into no special family and had no special advantages but
Abrahamic Perfection I want to say more about Genesis 16 but I think it will make more sense if we revisit later rather than try to look too far ahead. In essence, Ishmael was ‘fathered’ by uncircumcised energy and came
Chapter One: Beginnings In the beginning… Every Christian biography should begin with the words “In the beginning God..” Our Bible begins with these words and, on reflection, it could begin with no others. How else would anything ‘begin’? The gospel
the people of the God of Abraham ‘Sometimes a light surprises the Christian while he sings’, wrote William Cowper, ‘It is the Lord, Who rises with healing in His wings.’ Sometimes the same light surprises the Christian while he reads;
What is the most-shared ‘encouragment’ verse in the Bible? The verse from Jeremiah 29 must be a strong contender… Jer 29:11″For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil,
