Tag: Rachel Wilson

By Faith, part 9. Success for the people of God does not rest on their own ingenuity to make things happen, which unleashes chaos, but rests on God’s promise.

Encounters with Jesus, part 6. Acts 1 isn’t about the absence of Jesus, it’s about the radical outbreak of his presence. We look at what could mistakenly thought of as the disciples final encounter with Jesus: his ascension to heaven.

Acts, part 26. Looking at the unusual kindness of God, what happens when unwelcome drama hits our lives and an unchanging, faithful God, who we can trust.

In the Minor Prophets we see God express a surprising bias, and it’s not toward the strong, the winners at life, those at the top of the tree. It’s towards the clingers-on, the falling, the weak, the vulnerable, to those … Continue reading “Micah — God’s Bias Towards the Weak and the Poor”

Incomparable, part 7. Looking at one of the only places in Scripture where God’s compassion is compared to that of a nursing mother.

The Forgotten Arts, part 6. How do we practice spending time on our own, with God, to deepen our relationship with Him?

Part 6. In Daniel chapter 6 we find one of the most well-known, but also one of the most misunderstood, stories in the Bible: Daniel and the lions den.

Rachel was beautiful whereas Leah was overlooked, unloved and unwanted. But God saw Leah and gave her phenomenal blessing. The world praises the high-fliers and over-achievers, but God loves to use the weak for his Kingdom purposes.

Part 9 in our series on Isaiah