The Christian life is often likened to a journey or pilgrimage, with the Old Testament talking about the journeys of believers to Jerusalem for annual festivals. Ps 68 talks about the procession of God coming into the sanctuary, and Graham Kendrick has written a song...

For many of us, the goal of life is to be self-sufficient. We don't like to be dependent on others; we equate independence with maturity. That's why we struggle at times to value the helpless like babies and the infirm or disabled and why the gospel is so...

John Stott reminds us that the first apostles fell into two traps which are still waiting to trip us up. Initially, as the apostles were talking to Jesus after the resurrection, their focus was still very much on the restoration of the kingdom to Israel. (Acts 1:6)...