A Beautiful Life

August 14, 2022
A consistent Bible theme: certain consequences for disobedience. It is illustrated from Eden, the people of Noah’s day, Abraham, Moses, David, the entire people of Israel, through to the New…
The fire and fury of Pentecost was the needful, mesmerizing introduction to the taking up of residence of the Holy Spirit in the day in, day out, lives of Jesus’…

FREE! (Indeed!)

July 31, 2022
How unsearchable are the ways of God! The power of His voice brought into existence the world we live in! Land and sea are contoured at his bidding. The universe’s…

Precious Invitation

July 3, 2022
Independence and autonomy are highly valued character traits throughout the Western World. They are to be fought for, often with much striving, persevering through pain and disappointment and failure, all…
In a letter to the church planted in Corinth just five years previously, Paul addresses the ungodliness plaguing the congregation there: immaturity, instability, divisions, jealousy and envy, lawsuits, marital difficulties,…
God’s Plan ‘A’ (there is no Plan ‘B’) includes His Church being the Dwelling Place of His Spirit, to enable her to be a clear expression of His heart in…

Heirs, apparently

January 23, 2022
One startling new reality for the disciples-become-apostles was the abundance of the gift of grace which continually energized, motivated, filled, blessed, sweetened, their day in day out lives. The writers…
24th Oct 2021 ‘COME BUY WINE WITHOUT MONEY’ John 7:1-14 JESUS THE JEW (in what ways did Jesus conform to Jewish customs? Here and elsewhere in the Gospels?) John 7:14-27…

In Praise of ‘Much More’

October 10, 2021
Jesus told his disciples that he had much more to say to them concerning the Gift of Salvation, more detail than they were able to bear at the moment, more…