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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;

Wait for it…

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,

If we say that we have no sin… Part 1

If we say that we have no sin… Part 1

For those who passionately believe that the ‘blood of Jesus Christ’ can cleanse the acknowledged perpetrator from ‘all sin’ there is a question that is often asked. In 1 John we read… If we say that we have no sin,

A Christmas Interlude

The Gospel according to Joseph Let’s take a brief break for this week from our Abraham, my Friend series. I heard a familiar Bible verse quoted this week and it triggered some thoughts. John Wycliife, 1320-1384, is a name highly

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Will you go with this man? It is wonderful how clearly characters are captured in just a few words in this story. We see the mercenary streak in Rebekah’s brother Laban: And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was

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So Abraham prayed… and God healed… So… and… spiritual consequences. It is all so wonderfully matter-of-fact. Abraham prayed and God healed. In his dream to Abimelech God had spoken of Abraham in similar matter-of-fact words. He is a prophet, and

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God loved Sodom We know this passage so well, perhaps too well. It is an amazing record of Abraham’s relationship with the God who referred to him as Abraham, My Friend. I want to challenge some assumptions about these verses.

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The Seed – Part 1 As I promised we will now return to the narrative of Genesis 15. There is so much material in this chapter that it is easy to forget that the incidents it records all took place

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A bride for the son So we arrive at Genesis 24. It is a long chapter, more than twice the length of most others we have read together. If we were justified in asking why the Bible gave a whole

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By faith Sarah… Our devotionals have been focussed on Abraham, but perhaps just for a moment, we can consider Sarah. Abraham is waiting on his guests and, as he waits, the confirmation comes. I say confirmation rather than revelation, because