The book of Isaiah has many stinging words from God, rebuking His people for their unfaithfulness and disobedience, but when we reach Isaiah 40, we find a change in tone. There, we read, ‘Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been...

The woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve long years reached out to Jesus in faith. Desperate to be healed, she stretched out her hand and touched the edge of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. (Luke 8:44) Jesus did not see her, but He knew...

Mercy is defined as ‘compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within one's power to punish or harm.’ We’re often keen to embrace justice and right, but justice needs to be tempered with mercy. The tale is often told of the judge whose friend was in...