On the Burnside Blog this week we continue our journey with Ruth through Advent. Each day finding “Hope Under Bethlehem Skies”. This is a short devotional video drawing us towards Jesus.
The book is still available as an ebook for immediate download and at the special price of £1.99
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The full playlist on Spotify
Or search for “Finding Hope Under Bethlehem Skies” on Spotify
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The Playlist as it grows on YouTube
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq2dO6q3VUIY5l1NKZ7v-VnhF57R6uV2b
The Song For Today
Gather Round, Ye Children Come by Andrew Peterson
Let’s Pray For Joanne Dunlop (deaconess in Craigavon and Antrim hospitals)
Give thanks and pray for all the staff in our hospitals doing tremendous work in exhausting and difficult times. Remember especially the staff working in our intensive care units. Pray for opportunities as chaplains to support and encourage all the staff. Aghada & Cork Pray for a county-wide revival, a repentance from all sin and a great Spirit led blessing of love for God and each other. Pray specifically for people not to let fear stop them from loving God and their neighbours. |
“Reading Between The Lines” a series working through the bible looking at the well known phrases.
Judge Not Lest You Be Judged
Paul Tripp
The Gospel: One Chapter At A Time is a resource from Paul Tripp, in which he summarizes each book of Scripture in a brief video segment and reveals how it points back to Jesus Christ. Zephaniah Summary https://www.paultripp.com/bible-study/posts/037-zephaniah-summary |
This day last week Merton College, Oxford held their annual Carol Service you can watch it below.
Find the Order of Service here: https://bit.ly/3rqCC2Z
Find out more about Merton College Choir on our website: https://www.merton.ox.ac.uk/choir.
The Word
What Did John Mean When He Called Jesus the “Word”? (John 1) John 1:1 states that the Word was God. What does John mean by this? And how can we understand the nuance between how the Word was both with God and was God. James M. Hamilton Jr. writes : https://www.crossway.org/articles |
The Problem Of Envy
Moses was probably tired of manna, too. But he responded to his wilderness testing so differently than the Israelites did. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/battling-envy-numbers-11/ |
Brokenness and New Birth at Christmas
Sometimes God has to quiet us so we can hear him. Sometimes we have to be still so we can see him move: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/brokenness-new-birth-christmas/ |
A View of the Causeway
‘A View of the Causeway’ is a new book of photographs of the Causeway Coast dedicated to memory of Paul Murray. Read about it here from the Coleraine Times. https://www.colerainetimes.co.uk/ |
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw
Jean 2:26
Derek 2:31
Eddie 2:41
Another shot of the Polar Explorer (Boaty McBoatface)
Play the "Boaty Thursday" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=27d972061e62