Judgment - and forgiveness
A reflection on Hosea 1:1-3; 2:1-23 In this passage, through the example of Israel’s troubled relationship with God, we learn that God will judge the unfaithful but ultimately also call them back to Him. From this, we are reminded once again that our God is both a just and gracious God. At the start of the passage, a parallel is drawn between Israel the unfaithful nation and Gomer the adulterer (1:2). Hosea then speaks at length, using this extended metaphor, about the disreg
Finding satisfaction in life
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
6 a time to
REAL 2018: The mission of university life
How can we make use of university to be messengers of God’s amazing good news to people who don’t yet know him? Ever since Jesus first commanded his disciples to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19), his followers have gone to all kinds of lengths to bring the gospel to the world, and eventually down the chain of many disciples, to us. Jesus promises us the greatest and the only
Learning to be like a child
It has been a cold and gloomy Christmas in Cambridge, but I have been strangely encouraged by the families in Eden Baptist Church that have accepted me and by a short trip to the Lake District with my mother. Through these experiences, I believe that in this Christmas season, God has been revealing to me more deeply what being a child means in my daily walk with him. After growing up, I’ve lost some traits associated with children, and I probably will have to learn them again