by Susan Barnes | 7 Aug 2023 | Spiritual Lessons from Children
“It will only sting for a minute,” said the doctor while giving the injection. Once outside my son said, “my arm is going to hurt forever.” I smiled and assured him it wouldn’t. So often when I have been in pain, I’ve felt like it...
by Susan Barnes | 26 Apr 2023 | Devotions
Many doubt that Jesus was both fully God and fully human. Yet if we’re honest we realise that Jesus was more than a good teacher. The practical implications of Jesus becoming human means we’re included in God’s family and become Jesus’ brothers and sisters by faith....
by Susan Barnes | 29 Mar 2023 | Devotions
He became one of us, fully human, ordinary, common, an everyday human being. Jesus brings us face to face with God who demonstrates his intimate involvement with us and his intense desire to be in relationship with us. God answers Isaiah’s cry to tear heaven apart and...
by Susan Barnes | 27 Mar 2023 | Short Devotion
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 The Jewish people knew God’s promise to send a Messiah. They knew a human...
by Susan Barnes | 3 Mar 2023 | Book Reviews
The God who Became Human is part of the New Studies in Biblical Theology and is an in-depth look at the incarnation. Graham Cole begins with Genesis and looks at the times when God is described as having human physical features, such as hands, face or performing human...
