David Shaw

Not sure that there's a more lovely or profound definition of a Christian than Rev 14:4. "They follow the Lamb wherever he goes"

I just found this filed in Evernote under 'bad jokes' from when I was writing on apocalyptic and kept typing it wrong. apocalypstic. Adjective. Relating to a serious make-up malfunction.

I love tweets like this. I wasn’t informed enough even to be misinformed, but now I leapfrog straight to the truth.

My son recently reminded me that one fine English summer's day Jonny Bairstow calmly tucked a protester under his arm and carried him to the boundary at Lords. Made me smile.

"Now, splendidly, everything had become clear. The enemy at last was plain in view, huge and hateful, all disguise cast off. It was the Modern Age in arms." After this week I feel like Evelyn Waugh at the time of the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939. The politics of 'progress' has…

So many of Jesus’ stories: "Are you sitting comfortably? Let me fix that for you."

The Speaker has confirmed that only five 'non Kim' amendments will be voted on on Friday. All these elements of the Bill are now permanent. A 'yes' vote at Third Reading is to accept: 🚨Any doctor can raise ending a patient's life, no matter how vulnerable the patient,…

Spurgeon on psalm 131 is a fantastic read, especially for ministers, on contentment and doing the good work the Lord sets before us rather than dreaming of great works. spurgeon.org/resource-libra…

Bavinck: “Prayer is the test and thermometer or our spiritual life, its pulse, and the best medication for it” (Reformed Ethics vol 1). Helpful. Prayer is at once the vitals, the diagnostic and the prescription.

"Whenever we lift up pure hands in prayer, without diverting distractions or contention, we are playing to the Lord with a tenstringed instrument" Jerome

Bavinck: "There is no prescription for postures during prayer." Also Bavinck "We cannot approve the practice in our churches of remaining seated during prayer" Reformed Ethics vol 1 p480-481

This letter, in today’s Times, stopped me in my tracks. The assisted dying Bill will affect all of society, in ways that have barely been considered.

I am sure it delights the apostle Paul that the promise was inscribed on tablets as well as the law (Hab 2:2)

Spurgeon: "Pride is a strange creature; it never objects to its lodgings. It will live comfortably enough in a palace, and it will live equally at its ease in a hovel"

Nice to spot a review in the latest @Themelios_TGC The ‘Apocalyptic’ Paul: An Analysis and Critique with Reference to Romans 1–8 thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/revi…

John 20:17 is such a great turning point in John's Gospel. Jesus: "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." To this point in John's Gospel, we have heard of "the" Father, or Jesus has said "my" Father 114 times. But now "my and your"

Had to check the spelling of Maundy Thursday & discovered that according to Wikipedia it has the best AKAs: Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday (also Holy and Great Thursday), Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries. Take that, Ash Wednesday.