2nd January 2017
As New Year Fades… “…The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done. And there is nothing new...
31st December 2016
Two Words Concerning Time “The time has now come, God’s reign is near; repent and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15 (NLT) The ancient Greeks had two words for time: Chronos and Kairos. The...
26th December 2016
Defenders of the Faith “I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.” Jude 3 (NIV) Recently, I was looking at one of the...
6th December 2016
The Wisdom Question? “For the Lord grants wisdom! His every word is a treasure of knowledge and understanding. He grants good sense to the godly—his saints. He is their shield, protecting them...
12th November 2016
The Seed of Abraham “For the Church is his body, and in that body lives fully the One who fills the whole wide universe.” Ephesians 1:23 (Phillips) Again last year we went through the process of...
8th November 2016
Hope As An Anchor Of Our Soul “Thus God…by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope...
29th October 2016
Praise and Power “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.” Isaiah 55:8 (AMP) Jehoshaphat was King of Judah and one day he was informed that a huge army...
25th August 2016
Rubik’s Cube “Then He said to His disciples, ‘Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food and the...
23rd August 2016
Hand Over Your Burdens! “Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.” Acts 3:8 (NRSV) Throughout our lives we take many, many...
8th August 2016
Never Give Up “But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 24:13 (NKJV) We who are followers of Jesus Christ are in a race and we all need to be determined that we are going to finish...
31 July 2016
Trust in the Lord “The Lord is good. A stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” Nahum 1:7 (NKJV) Have you ever been to camp? Or maybe a work retreat? Or just...
19th July 2016
Believing Prayer “The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” James 5:16 (NRSV) Do you believe things will happen when you pray? I have to admit that sometimes my prayers have been...
18th July 2016
Defying The Downward Pull “So I say, live by the Holy Spirit’s power. Then you will not do what your desires controlled by sin want you to do.” Galatians 5:16 (NIRV) December 17, 1903 saw the...
14th July 2016
A Time For Every Purpose “To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;”...
10th July 2016
Do versus Done “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I...
7th July 2016
How To Be Happy “If you know these things, you will be happy if you do them.” John 13:17 (NLV) The more that we seek to serve God and serve others in all that we think, say and do, the happier we...
6th July 2016
Samos “The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.” Acts 20:15 (NIV) We were trundling in a...
3rd July 2016
The Peace That Passes Understanding “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. … I have told...
27th June 2016
A Servant’s Prayer “Then he said, ‘O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.’” Genesis 24:12 (NKJV) We know that Abraham was...
15th June 2016
Now I See You Great God (Part 1) “In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job.” Job 1:1 (NIV) Some time ago I watched a film about a lady whose life was falling to pieces—her marriage...
12th June 2016
A Tale of Two Teachers “For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he...
10th June 2016
Sustained to the End “…you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Corinthians 1:7-8 (ESVUK) When...
5th June 2016
Making the Unseen Seen “…‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: “The Son of Man must...
25th May 2016
I Don’t Adam And Eve It “’The time has come,’ he said. ‘The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!’” Mark 1:15 (NIV) Adam and his trouble and strife got into...
7th May 2016
Believing Thomas “Thomas said to him [Jesus], ‘My Lord and my God!’” John 20:28 (NIV) What do you think of Jesus’ disciple Thomas? It’s unfortunate that some 2,000 years after he lived...
1st May 2016
Sin Boldly! “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (NIV UK) In an extraordinary...
25th April 2016
Seeing is Believing? “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.”...
23rd April 2016
Not Forsaken “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?’”...
8th April 2016
It Can Help to Sing “Because you have helped me, I sing in the shadow of your wings.” Psalm 63:7 (NIRV) The benefits of singing have been highlighted in the news this week. It is said that...
3rd April 2016
Doubting Thomas “Then he said to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.’ Thomas answered, ‘My Lord and my...
20th March 2016
Reconciling the World “God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in [Jesus Christ], and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making...
24th January 2016
Johnny Cash And The Captive Audience “Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are ill-treated as if you yourselves were suffering.”...
5th December 2015
The Ups And Downs of Having Cancer “Now I rejoice in the Lord greatly, because once again you have shown your concern for me. Of course, you were concerned for me but you did not have an opportunity...
15th November 2015
Einstein “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father...
19th October 2015
Doubting Justin “Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ So he said to them,...
21st September 2015
We Shall Overcome “To him that overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, even as I also overcame and sat down with My Father in His throne.” Revelation 3:21 (NKJV) In the 1960s, the song...
18th September 2015
Fasting From Sin, Feasting On Love “…show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.”...
10th September 2015
The 5 P,P,P,P,P’s “And some women, through faith, received their loved ones back again from death. But others trusted God and were beaten to death, preferring to die rather than turn from God and...
2nd September 2015
Roller Coasters “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (KJV)...
22nd July 2015
Completing The Circuit Of Forgiveness “For if a man is in Christ he becomes a new person altogether—the past is finished and gone, everything has become fresh and new. All this is God’s doing,...