Isaiah moves on from using the picture of the barren woman to tell how God saves us from the shame of barrenness, to using the picture of the divorced woman…
We all have shame. It drags us down. Can we be free? Isaiah 54 says 'Yes!' v1-3 focus on the shame of a barren life, and how the Lord's Servant,…
We have taken just over 9 weeks to read through and think through Isaiah's book. We have seen the desperate godless, idolatrous, corrupt and violent condition of Judah and Jerusalem.…
There is a Pharisee in every one of us! We see how that shows. We see what Jesus says about it. We see how unclean Pharisees can be made clean!…
This passage of scripture is remarkable in so many ways. It describes the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in great detail from the point of view of those who…
The story of Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus with expensive perfumed ointment is one of the most beautiful in the gospels. Yet, while there is harmony between Mary and Jesus,…
We see that the Normal Christian Life is one in which we are filled with the Holy Spirit. Then we find out how to be and stay filled with the…
There is a complete change of gear between Isaiah chapters 1-39 and then chapters 40-66. We look at chapters 38,39 to find out why that is. We see that Isaiah…
What do you do when no one can help you and you can't help yourself? This situation comes to us all sooner or later. Have we practised our emergency drill…
In the past our country had a broadly Christian consensus when it came to institutions and individuals deciding what was right or wrong. That sure foundation is gone. What has…
