LONGING FOR GOD 1 How lovely is your dwelling-place, LORD Almighty! 2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my…
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The apostle Peter wrote his first letter to encourage Christians who were experiencing fierce persecution from the Roman empire. Peter points to Jesus the…
The second half of the Book of Daniel is an example of what is called “apocalyptic” literature. An “apocalypse” means a revelation and this…
The First Letter of Peter unwraps for us how the Early Church explained the mystery of God’s plan of salvation. The heart of the…
This morning’s reading is the end of a long passage which begins in chapter 2. 1 Peter 2 11 Dear friends, I urge you,…
The apostle Peter is writing to Christians who are living as exiles and strangers in the world and who are suffering persecution for the…
What kind of a God do you believe in? What kind of a faith do you have? What kind of a God do you…
The Book of Daniel was written to give the Jews in Exile in Babylon encouragement and hope. It records the lives of four Jews,…
What is the church? The church is not the bricks and mortar building. I’m not thinking either about the human organisation we call the…
Last week we looked at Daniel in the lions’ den and said that this was one of the best known passages in the Old…
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him—5 you also, like living stones,…
Just a reminder that for the last year all these sermons have been recorded on video. You can watch them in the NSBC Facebook…
15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: ‘Be holy,…
Last week we saw how God humbled the mighty King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The cosmic tree was broken down as God sent periods of…
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect. I am happy to believe that the author of this letter was indeed the apostle…
In the six weeks between the resurrection and his ascension, Jesus made a number of promises to his disciples about the coming of the…
Last week we saw God rescue his servants Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from the blazing furnace. And at the end of the story we…
Here is one of the best-known stories from the Old Testament. How God saved Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego from the blazing furnace. It was…
It is a scene I have seen in Uganda and in Zambia and in Bulgaria. It is multiplied in many places over Eastern Europe…
How many people have you given help to over the years? How many hours or days have you spent with people who were going…
READING Daniel 2:1-19 From the earliest days God’s chosen people had always known that God would speak directly to his people. God revealed himself…