This strange little roundabout is a few minutes from my house. The first time I walked across it, taking my then-five-year-old daughter to school, she declared: “Oh, I know this place from my Bible! It’s the Garden of Gethsemane.” It was a strange thing for her to say. Gethsemane in her storybook Bible looks far…
Tag: luke 11
Yokes, Yolks, and Scorpions
I’m currently wading my way through Chronicles, and recently read 2 Chronicles 10, where Rehoboam took over the Kingdom from his father Solomon. It’s a tragic period of Israel’s history, where Rehoboam abandoned the way of his Father (whose life is depicted fairly positively in Chronicles; less so in Kings), rejected the wisdom of the…
Empowered (Acts 1:4-8)
How can we receive power to achieve all that God wants us to do? (mp3)
Wicked Man, Willing God (Luke 18:1-8)
Did Jesus really say that God is a wicked judge who we need to nag in prayer?! (mp3)