We meet Nathan the prophet for the first time in 2 Samuel 7. A prophet was one who proclaimed God’s words to people; he also recorded events that happened during David’s reign (1 Chron 29:29) and was involved in the music worship of the time (2 Chron 29:25), but...

It’s a fact of life that ‘no’ is often the word we like least! One of the shortest words in the English language, it’s nevertheless a word we associate with negativity and the crushing of our plans. My youngest granddaughter, aged 19 months, puckers up and sobs in...

It's easy to associate church with a building and to admire wonderful buildings like cathedrals. The temple in Jerusalem, built by David's son, Solomon, was a magnificent edifice whose destruction by the Babylonians was a low point in Israel's history. Nonetheless,...