is there a place for the sparrow?

It is a very obscure verse and seldom preached on but it gives a unique insight into the gracious care of the creator. How lovely are your dwellings, Jehovah of Hosts! My soul longs, and even faints for the courts

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Righteous Abimelech? The Bible tells a highly selective story And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that

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Abraham, my friend. ‘the making of a man of God’ ‘The head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. A History More than 15 years ago Greg Gordon, the founder of sermonindex.net asked me to write a

a call to Renew the Covenant: Countdown – 5 weeks

So what does that mean? What is a covenant and why do they need to be renewed? It’s a long story… What is a covenant? A covenant is a legally binding agreement between two or more people. Perhaps the covenant

biblebase Romans Project

During the winter months of 2013-2014 we began a Bible Study project as part of our biblebase online bible school; we called the series the ‘Romans Project’. The project was designed to cover at least three winter sessions. The sessions included

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Abraham, my Friend 11

The essence of the blessing I’m still thinking about The Blessing. I have been trying to define blessing by subtraction. In other words, what is the essence of blessing? This is how I have been thinking. I am blessed; what

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Abraham, my Friend 12

Shechem Time to move on, I think. It is one thing to come out, but quite another to enter in. Later in Israel’s history, there was a whole generation that came ‘out’ but never entered ‘in’. God’s intention is always

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Rebekah arose… and followed the man The prodigal ‘arose and came to his father’; Rebekah arises and ‘follows the man’ whose responsibility is much like the burden Paul expressed for the church of Corinth: For I am jealous for you

Back on the flight path – Abraham, my Friend – Part 07

Chapter Two: The Blessing second blessings? 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

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Abraham, my Friend 06

The head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Thy prayer was heard The story of Abraham’s family begins with a little list of sons and daughters which comes to an abrupt stop: