How much does being a Christian cost? I don’t mean just money! I mean time, effort, energy, possessions, relationships. How much does following Jesus…
1 Cor 10:16 Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not…
The Bible encourages Christians to pray in very many places. But in the New Testament we don’t actually have many examples of the prayers…
“His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of…
Jesus said, “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24) In many places the Old Testament…
In the first years after Jesus rose from the dead the Early Church grew at an amazing rate. 3000 new believers on the day…
“Fight the good fight of the faith,” Paul says 1 Timothy 6 :12. We Christians don’t like fighting. Somehow we think we ought not…
Have you ever thought what life would be like if you couldn’t walk? How hard it would be to get out of bed in…
I want to use this passage from 1 Corinthians tonight to answer a specific question. “Do churches really need full-time ministers?” I have to…
Does it matter to a Christian where our food comes from? We’re not going to think tonight about questions of sustainability or caring for…
Last week we read about six features of the Early Church. We read that the first Christians devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to…
Acts 2: 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your…
There is a legend you may have heard which says that when we get to heaven people will be rewarded according to how they…
Back in Millennium year the Methodist Church began their international conference with these words. “It is a time to open up to the mind-blowing,…
The apostle Paul wrote a number of letters to different churches, most of which he himself had planted. But Paul didn’t usually write out…
How do we reach this materialistic self-satisfied Post-Modern Post-Christendom generation with God’s love? In many respects our world in this the third millennium is…
ACTS 1:1 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he…
It’s five past nine, you are nicely into your first lesson with your least favourite class of year 9s when the Head of Science…
Philippians 2:6-11 was a very early Christian hymn which Paul quotes to teach the Philippians about humility and service. It contains the heart of…
Christ is risen – He is risen indeed! How can we be certain Jesus really is the Son of God? How can we be…
The fastest growing religion in Africa is not Islam. But nor is it Christianity. The fastest growing religion in Africa is a variation of…