25th August 2026
Martha is often remembered as the busy sister who was distracted by many tasks while Mary sat at Jesus’s feet (Luke 10:38–42). Because of this familiar story, Martha is sometimes portrayed as...
18th August 2026
Mary of Bethany stands out as an extraordinary woman of the Bible, not because she held a position of influence or performed spectacular miracles, but because she recognised who Jesus truly is, and...
16th August 2026
When we first read the account of the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28), Jesus’s response can seem surprising. A desperate mother pleads for mercy on behalf of her demon-oppressed daughter, yet...
13th August 2026
When the gospel writers settled down to pen their accounts of a unique life, they took on board Jesus’ comments to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus – that all Old Testament scripture was...
11th August 2026
Mary Magdalene is one of the most remarkable women in Scripture. Luke tells us that Jesus had delivered her from the oppression of seven demons (Luke 8:2). Whatever the precise nature of her...
4th August 2026
Waiting can be one of the greatest challenges of the Christian life. We pray, we trust, and we hope, yet the answers we long for often seem delayed. In those moments we may wonder whether God has...
28th July 2026
Among the extraordinary women of the Bible, Mary, the mother of Jesus, shines as a remarkable example of humble faith. Yet what made Mary extraordinary was not her own greatness, but the greatness of...
21st July 2026
Abigail was married to Nabal, a wealthy but harsh and foolish man. When David’s request for provisions was met with insult, David prepared to retaliate violently. Abigail acted quickly; without...
14th July 2026
Hannah stands among the extraordinary women of scripture not because of her social status, influence, or achievements, but because her life became a testimony to the grace and faithfulness of God. Her...
7th July 2026
Among the extraordinary women of the Bible, Esther stands out as a woman of courage, humility, wisdom, and faithful obedience. Although God’s name is never mentioned in the book of Esther, his...
3rd July 2026
The transition of power from the House of Saul to the House of David was a messy affair, related in 2 Samuel 2 and 3. There were people in both camps juggling for power; old grievances were being...
30th June 2026
The story of Ruth is not merely the story of an extraordinary woman; it is the story of an extraordinary God whose grace transforms lives and draws people into his redemptive purposes. Ruth’s...
23rd June 2026
When we think of extraordinary women in the Bible, Huldah probably doesn’t come to mind. Yet tucked away within the story of King Josiah’s reforms is the remarkable account of this prophetess...
19th June 2026
Psalm 7 seems to open with doubts – doubts about whether David was ‘on the right side’. He respected Saul as God’s appointed ruler even though he himself was constantly hunted, his life in...
16th June 2026
Deborah stands as one of the most remarkable women in Scripture. She was a prophet, judge, leader, worshiper, and courageous servant of God during one of the darkest periods in Israel’s history. At...
9th June 2026
The scene at the Red Sea is one of the most joyful moments in the Old Testament. Israel had just experienced God’s miraculous deliverance from slavery in Egypt. Earlier, they had been seized with...
2nd June 2026
Leah and Rachel were sisters, wives of Jacob, and mothers of Israel’s twelve tribes. At first glance, their lives might seem filled with family rivalry, longing, and daily struggles yet their...
26th May 2026
As Rebekah’s story unfolds it reflects a foundational truth in the way God works with human beings: God acts first – grace precedes human response. Before Rebekah ever speaks, chooses, or acts,...
19th May 2026
When God called Abraham, Sarah his wife went with him on a journey into uncertainty, barrenness, and delay. Her story begins with lack: she was childless and ageing, beyond hope of ever giving birth...
12th May 2026
Eve is often remembered because of her failure, but her story begins not in failure but in relationship. In the creation account Eve is not an afterthought, but the culmination of creation, formed for...
5th May 2026
The value of women in Scripture begins at creation: when God formed humanity, he created both man and woman in his image. Eve was not an afterthought or a secondary creation, she was intentionally...
28th April 2026
Paul’s discussion of the body metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12 emerges from a church struggling with division, spiritual elitism, and social stratification. Corinth was a diverse urban centre marked by...
24th April 2026
Whose side would I have been on – the outlaw David or Saul, the man who represented the existing, legitimate government? It’s an uncomfortable question. Fear might have driven me to support Saul...
21st April 2026
Although the explicit term ‘church’ (Greek: ekklesia) appears in the New Testament, the idea of God forming a covenant family originates in the Old Testament. Israel is repeatedly described as...
17th April 2026
In his continuing flight, David could have sought refuge in a neighbouring country. But apart from an ill-advised foray into Gath and a journey to Moab, where he left his family, he stayed in the...
14th April 2026
The concept of the Church being a mother emerges from the continuity between Old Testament prophetic imagery and New Testament apostolic interpretation. Isaiah 54 portrays Zion (God’s covenant...
9th April 2026
The disciples had seen the resurrected Jesus (John 20), and yet several of them returned to what they knew best – fishing. All night they toiled on the Sea of Tiberias, and yet despite being...
3rd April 2026
When we read the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, we usually focus on the big moments: the nails in his hands, the darkness over the land, or his last words and final cry. But scripture also...
31st March 2026
Chapter 21 of the first book of Samuel tells the somewhat bizarre story of David electing to flee from Saul into the hands of his enemies – people who had not forgiven him for the recent killing of...
24th March 2026
David’s situation in 1 Samuel 25 was that he had been anointed but had not been enthroned as king, and he was on the run, leading weary men through the wilderness. He and his men had been protecting...
17th March 2026
In 1 Kings 19 we meet the prophet Elijah at one of the lowest points in his life. After experiencing a mighty victory on Mount Carmel, he suddenly found himself fleeing in fear from Queen Jezebel....
10th March 2026
Hagar was a marginalised person in her society. She was a foreigner, a servant woman, and a single mother in crisis. Because of tension in Abraham’s household, Hagar had been sent away with her son...
5th March 2026
Jesus used parables as one of the primary means of teaching about his kingdom. “Parables became one of the primary ways Jesus disrupted the default way of thinking in his culture. The word parable...
3rd March 2026
Shortly after Israel’s miraculous deliverance from Egypt they began to grumble about food (Exodus 16:2). The Israelites nostalgically reinterpreted Egypt as a place of abundance, minimising the...
27th February 2026
History is full of power hungry rulers, prepared to sacrifice millions of lives to cling onto that power or to expand empires. Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Hitler – all conquests built on the deaths of...
24th February 2026
Most of us experience wilderness seasons: times when prayers seem unanswered, resources feel thin, temptation feels strong, direction seems unclear, and God appears silent. The wilderness can be...
18th February 2026
Psalm 23 is one of the best known and most quoted passages in the Old Testament. While it begins with the pastoral image of the Shepherd (vv.1- 4), this gives way in verse 5 to a banquet scene...
17th February 2026
The image of the church being the bride of Christ is one of the most intimate and relational descriptions of the people of God. The imagery of marriage as a symbol of God’s relationship with his...
10th February 2026
The concept of the church being the temple of God is rooted in Old Testament temple theology, and when reinterpreted through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it reshapes the...
6th February 2026
In his first letter to Timothy, Paul thanks the person he acknowledges as his Lord for the fact that his sins have not separated him from the promise of eternal life. Jesus had already placed...