Hannah is spiritually concerned woman driven to prayer by her infertility but able, too, to see the wider need around her. Yet the leaders who should help her in this time – the priests – are failing: they give no
From a small seed
Israel around the year 1100BC is in social chaos with no reliable, godly leadership to bring them out of it. The mess is clearly visible in the personal pain of one man’s family. They may worship God together but the
Take a vow!
Sometimes a Bible verse strikes us as odd. In our passage, v18 can seem that way. Why does Luke interrupt the flow of Paul’s journey to write about a haircut? But in fact the verse captures powerfully Paul’s determination to