Rope-making?

What does making ropes have to do with waiting? Well, when researching the sermon on waiting, I came across an interesting fact. The Hebrew word often translated ‘wait upon’ is ‘qavah’. It is also often translated as ‘hope.’ In...

Waiting

As a student, I had to read a lot of plays by existentialist authors, people who believed that there was no meaning to life and definitely no God. One of these plays is called ‘Waiting for Godot’ by Samuel Becket which follows a pair of men who divert...

Walking through

Mark spoke from Isaiah 43:1-4 this morning, particularly looking at verse 2 which says “When you pass through the waters,I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be...

Honouring God

The message last night was from Mal 1:6-11, challenging verses from the prophet Malachi to the people of Israel about their lack of honour of God. Honouring those above us (respecting, revering, listening to, looking up to, serving and being obedient to in submission)...

A maskil for learning

The superscription at the start of Psalm 89 tells us that it is a ‘maskil’ of Ethan the Ezrahite. We don’t know much about these literary or musical terms, but it is true that all of Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching (2 Tim...