The Joy of Algebra I have a confession. I wasn’t very good at math when I was younger. In fact, it was only after leaving high school, and at age 32 when I passed the extremely demanding Civil Service Fast Stream entrance exam that I realized i wasn’t actually a math...
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing… The profundity of that first verse of Psalm 23 struck me afresh this morning. Even in those few words, so much deep theological truth and comfort is communicated. The Lord… this is not some flake, some untrustworthy...
When The Bible doesn’t speak to you Confession time: I’m having a hard time with my daily readings right now. I’m reading the Chronological Bible, and for the last few days I have been learning in intimate detail how to build a tabernacle. Hmmm. I know that: All...
Just a quick note that I will be on vacation, and without much access to the web, from today until Monday 28th July, so there will be no further devotional blog posts until around that date. If you absolutely have to have something from me to read, you can choose...
The Bible is hard to understand in places. In this morning’s reading I encountered the story of Balaam, the pagan diviner/soothsayer, and his talking donkey. The brief background to the story is this. Balak, king of Moab, realizes that he cannot defeat the Israelites...
