Author Archives: David Cartledge

Can we be so Christ-centred that we forget the Father?  I think we have to say that if  holding Christ at the centre means we forget the Father, we are not looking at the true Christ. Jesus was sent from the … Continue reading →

We may feel that we are free when we choose what we want from a number of different options. God is free in an altogether different way. The Triune God is love and he is free as he expresses who … Continue reading →

Christ crucified is God himself  descending deeply into the realm of evil. Even into the depths of its ultimate domain in death itself.  The Crucified One penetrated the realm of darkness at the point of its supreme thrust against himself … Continue reading →

In Jesus, the Sovereign power of God was demonstrated in human weakness  He did not remain aloof from us ordering his royal will from a distance.  He actually became one of us to work out his sovereign will within our … Continue reading →

In the beginning, Our Father created all things though his Son (the Word) as the Spirit of God moved over the face of the waters.  The three moved as One in their creative activity. Our Father continues to work within … Continue reading →

Paul speaks graphically about Creation groaning for its future liberation from bondage into the freedom and glory of the children of God.  Creation yearns to share in our future liberation.  We too are groaning for that day of liberation. We … Continue reading →

In the universe many diverse things move and turn and spin. And yet, amazingly, they all hold together and move as one cosmic system. How can such diverse and dynamic things hold together? Well, speaking of Jesus, the Son, Paul … Continue reading →

In the past I tried to grasp something of God’s power by imagining His unlimited strength.  Now I see that we only learn what God’s power really is as we see it portrayed in the lowly man Jesus serving his … Continue reading →

The crucified Jesus was the power of God in weakness ending once and for all the reign of sin and death. Following this act of power in weakness the Father raised Jesus by the Spirit from death itself having destroyed … Continue reading →

Jesus is God as human living among us in human frailty. The Creator himself became a creature without ceasing to be the Creator.  The high and holy one stooped low without ceasing to be who He is in majesty. The … Continue reading →