There is a kind of woman who has learned the hours. She knows which time of day the street is empty. She knows which aisle to take, which gathering to skip, which relative not to sit near,…
Everything I Ever Did
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Joy Eternal
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11
Steal My Joy? I Don’t Think So
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” John 10:10
The Joy Set Before Him
“Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of…
Joy and Healing
“A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22
Joy in the Wilderness
“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in…
Joy in Answered Prayer
“Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” John 16:24
Joy in Marriage
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.’” Genesis 1:26
The Joy of Salvation
“Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of…
Joy is Contagious
“And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favour with all the people.
Whosoever
The author
Tom Hartley
I write about the words we thought we knew, and the God who keeps turning out to be kinder than we expected.
Start here
- Joy — ten parts on the most underrated word in the New Testament
- Righteousness — five parts on being made right, rather than getting it right
- Christian Living — the ordinary week, and what faith asks of it
The books
I Don’t Think It Means What You Think It Means
Volume One · The words we thought we knew
Grace. Love. Faith. Heart. The most familiar words in the Christian vocabulary, taken back to the Greek they were written in.
The Map That Preached
The Prophetic Geography of Jesus’ Ministry
Where Jesus went was never incidental. A reading of the ministry through the map it was walked on.