I always have a game of solitaire open on my computer. I play various types and have my favourites of course. It is not because they are easy, but because they are just a little bit challenging....

Jesus’s question to the Pharisees in the header scripture seems deceptively simple, yet behind it lies the most important question we can ever face: who is Jesus? What do we believe about him? What...

Anyone who has waited for someone they love knows the quiet tension of anticipation. A light left on in the window. A table set in expectation. A watchful glance toward the road, wondering when the...

A recent survey revealed that one in ten of us doesn’t like their neighbours. I was rather shocked to find that so many of us don’t get on with those we live beside. Should I be surprised?...

The episode of the miraculous Red Sea crossing was a formative event in salvation history, marking the transition point where the once enslaved, stateless people of the Hebrews, became a free and...

One of the worst things we can do is assume God thinks the way we do or that we know how he thinks. We get in trouble when we don’t even allow for the possibility he might just have a different...

How often do we also find ourselves in the in-between, between the Red Sea and the Promised Land? God has determined our destiny. He has made us his own, he has rescued us from the things of this...

There are moments in life when we become deeply aware of how much we need God. We may have been made redundant and face an uncertain future. We may have been diagnosed with cancer and have a difficult...

The Main Ingredient was an American soul and R&B band best known for their hit song, ‘Everybody Plays the Fool.’ Although the song is about unrequited love, its refrain alone speaks to us all:...

Our lives are not random, nor are our days empty of meaning. We confess that Jesus is the centre of the centre. So, we joyfully proclaim that all things find their origin, purpose, and destiny in him....

God is what God does. He is a God of his word. When God said he would send the Suffering Servant Messiah to his people to redeem not only them, but the whole world, that is what he did. God has kept...

Joseph’s story inspires me, with the twists and turns, imprisonments and good times. I marvel he didn’t get angry with God or give up hope with so many setbacks and seemingly impossible...

Their memory is already skewed by their shock, fear, and weariness. Yes, they ate bread, this may have been the main thing they did have, but their resources surely were limited. They were slaves, and...

The opening of Exodus 32 presents one of Israel’s most dramatic failures. Moses had been on Mount Sinai receiving God’s covenant instructions, but the people became impatient. They asked Aaron to...

There is something profoundly moving about the way Jesus related to his disciples. He didn’t call perfect people. He didn’t call the strongest or the best prepared. He called ordinary people …...

In the Gospel of John, Philip responds to Nathanael’s hesitation with a simple phrase: ‘Come and see’ (John 1:46). He does not try to answer every question or persuade him with a lengthy...

The parable of the prodigal or lost son is probably my favourite of all Jesus’s stories and one of the best looks into the character of God. The son had basically told his dad to drop dead, took his...

Ah, there you go. I just fixed one thing and then another broke. And so is life. We are continually finding things that do not work and having to come up with a solution to fix the problem. Sometimes...

Can you imagine standing at the foot of Mount Sinai with the Israelites? Thunder rolled across the sky, lightning flashed, the mountain was covered in smoke, and a loud trumpet sounded. The people...

You’ve heard the phrase, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. There are numerous stories of people purchasing something at a rummage sale that proved to be quite valuable. I collect coins,...

I recall when my first daughter, Ashley, was born. My wife and I were both just 22 years of age and lacking maturity and financial stability. Amid the joy, fears, and unknowns, we both understood that...

This year is the 500th anniversary of the publication of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament into English. At a time when the Western church considered Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible...

Hope, the feeling things will turn out for the best, is what keeps us going. Without it, we get depressed, do desperate things or give up on life altogether. Hope is very important to our...

This week I was challenged to repeat The Doxology every morning for a week, maybe even during the day as well. What a wonderful challenge to draw closer to God in this way. It is a blessing to be...

Israel’s journey through the wilderness was not always a journey of confidence and celebration. At the beginning of Exodus 17, the Israelites arrived at Rephidim only to discover that there was no...