As minor prophets go, Joel seems particularly minor. He prophesies during a national crisis; a horde of locusts have been … More

Feeding on the `minor` prophets is a challenge! As my former colleague Andrew Waugh said, they seem to move around … More

Today we’ve reached Isaiah: glorious, indispensable, once we find the path through it; the OT’s greatest prophet – so, one … More

Today we’re in one of the old testament’s greatest chapters. We, like Isaiah here, are called to speak for God … More

Today, two highly important chapters of Isaiah; sections repeatedly quoted in the NT, chapters that actually introduce Jesus here!  Their … More

Here’s something really daft I’ve seen churches do at Christmas. They’ve wanted to flag up the background to Jesus’ birth … More

Today, two of the most joyous bits of Isaiah… Here’s a key thing about reading old testament books: we grasp … More

Here’s an important thing about feeding on the Bible: there are parts where it doesn’t help to go slowly, like … More

Today two short parts of Isaiah that I find very personal and very, very challenging indeed… Last time we embarked … More

God crafts a powerful, wonderful finish to this part of Isaiah (chs 21-26)! Like we saw last week, there’s been … More

And so we reach the final chapters of Isaiah’s first half. They start with chapters chewier than some, but what … More

Isaiah 36-39 raise a big question for any serious Bible reader! Isaiah prophesied during four kings’ dramatic reigns, but there’s … More

As we said last week: Isaiah 36-39 raise a very big question. There’s very little history in Isaiah apart from … More

If we seek one old testament chapter that embodies the sheer greatness of God, for me it’s today’s: Isaiah 40 … More

Again: if we seek just one OT chapter that embodies the sheer greatness of God, it’s arguably Isaiah 40 – … More

We’re now headed into some wonderfully joyous sections of Isaiah. Try reading 43:1-7 in your personal worship, or 41:17-20, or … More

Today: Very remarkable things about Jesus, that we may well not have seen before! Like we’ve said: in Isaiah’s second … More

When we look back from eternity, we’ll see this planet as the world where the cross happened… The cross is … More

Today’s piece of Isaiah, chapter 55, tackles the big question: What is really worth my living and striving for? It … More

Isaiah 58 is very, very challenging. Why doesn’t God hear my prayers? And: Might there be something deeply wrong with … More

Today’s chapter, Isaiah 60, is radiantly triumphant, and very helpful! “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory … More

This week’s piece of Isaiah is another phenomenal, refreshing chapter, ch61… If we grasp it we’ll receive a huge vision … More

This week’s passage is dramatic. It helps us grasp how the Father-God relationship works, & how it’s deepened; which leads … More

Isaiah is – to my mind! – the great old testament prophet. So there’s an obvious question: with what particularly … More