Although Anna never left the environs of the temple, she was aware that something was missing. For starters, all the temple extensions had been paid for by Herod, the King. He wasn’t even a Jew and righteous, he wasn’t. Secondly, the temple did not have the Ark of the covenant in the Holy of Holies. […]

Each of these women, (Eve, Sarah, Rahab, Ruth, Mary) highlight for us what it is to be a Christian. Each of them brings out an aspect of the Christian faith that is essential. • Eve hoped for a Saviour that would defeat the hated Satan. We know that was fulfilled with Jesus was born into […]

When we pray in our need, and God answers our prayer in his grace, we have to see it as more than simply an answer to prayer. When God answers someone, heals someone, restores someone, grants work to someone we are seeing how God acts. When we see Jesus born in a manger at Bethlehem, […]

Elimilech and family leave the promised land and Ruth makes the most beautiful profession of faith. Whenever a person reaches for the Lord we generally see a number of factors in play. We often see a profound disappointment with what life is currently offering and we see a real desire to come into fellowship with […]

Why did Rahab throw her lot in with the people of God? This “throwing one’s lot in” with the people of God wasn’t something that she did on a whim or because the spies had as much sex appeal as Ian Flemmings’ James Bond. She threw her lot in with the people of God because […]

Are you a man or woman of faith? Do you believe in the Promises of God to you?  Eve’s disobedience brought untold misery to the world. Yet, I believe we will meet her again in heaven, for only one reason. She was a woman of hope. She believed in the Promises of God. Surely that […]