“The question: “What can I learn from all this?” is not always the right one to ask. Some parts of Scripture serve not to…
The General Election two years ago produced a result which surprised everybody. When the pollsters were predicting a very tight election and quite possibly…
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42) During his lifetime Jesus…
What is the church? Many people the wrong idea when we talk about the church. When we say church they immediately think of church…
Through May 2017 we have a verse each day to read and to meditate on and if you like to commit to memory. At…
DIARY OF A BIBLE Jan. 15 — Been resting for a week. A few nights after the first of the year my owner opened…
We cannot begin to imagine what it must have been like for Jesus Christ the Son of God to take upon Himself the sins…
How can we be sure that we are serving God in God’s strength and not just in our own human efforts? When it comes…
Are you a Christian? How can you be sure? How can we know for certain that our sins are forgiven? How can we be…
If people know one story about Gideon it will not be the one about him destroying the altar to Baal and the Asherah Pole…
When I say the word “apprentice”, who do you think of. Some of us may have entered our trade as apprentices, learning on the…
Last week we were introduced to Gideon, one of the best known heroes of the faith from the book of Judges. But he wasn’t…
A MAN IN NEED There were very many people camped out around the pool of Bethesda near the sheep gate in Jerusalem but they…
“We were created to worship. Worship is the normal employment of spiritual beings. Worship is a moral imperative. Worship is the missing jewel of…
WHAT DOES A HERO LOOK LIKE TO YOU? John Wayne, Arnold Schwartzenaeger, Bruce Willis, Matt Damon? Luke Skywalker, Obewan Kenobe or Han Solo? Hebrews…
We have been learning how to pray from the famous prayer mistakenly attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi. It is a kind of prayer…
There are many sermons to be preached on Jesus’s meeting at Jacob’s Well with a Woman from Samaria. This week I want us to…
Human beings have needs. From simple physiological needs like air and food and water to safety and belonging and self-esteem and fulfilment. Some of…
John the Baptist was the last of the Old Testament prophets. His birth was miraculous and his life was set apart for one purpose…
Jesus met many people. In every case their lives were transformed. We could think about the apostles Peter, John, Andrew, Thomas, even Judas. Blind…
I don’t usually post family services because they are not usually scripted and much more relaxed. But folk found this one particularly helpful so…