We have a Bible we can trust, despite objections people raise against it. God has kindly shown us what he is like and what he has done for us in Jesus. Let’s close by considering what this means for us in practice. The foundation of salvation and life (Colossians 1:1-8) When Paul described the church …
Isn’t this some old dusty book, and we know better now? This argument against the Bible admits that it was useful in its time. But we know better now. Culturally, scientifically, in our modern world we have moved on. We can now dismiss the Bible, some say, as it was written in some ancient worldview …
Have you ever thought, “I suppose I should go and do my Bible reading”. Or, “I have to go and pray”. Or, “It is time for church, I’d better go”. I’m sure we’ve all been there at some stage, where living out our faith might feel more like a duty than a joy. I do …
You never know how significant the next conversation you have with someone might be. Many of our interactions with others are on surface level things. We talk about things we have done recently, our family and their health, and maybe a bit about work. But sometimes we have a more significant, deeper conversation, that does …
All Christian parents would love to have their kids learn about God and come to love him for themselves in good time. If trusting in Jesus is the central thing in our lives, of course we would like to pass that on to our children. And like all other things we want our children to …
Have you ever had that feeling of being overwhelmed? Of thinking that there are so many things to do and so little time? Of worrying that you won’t be able to get everything done and that it will all fall down if you don’t do it? I’m sure we’ve all been there at one point …
God made each of us for a bigger purpose. We are not satisfied with just going through the motions every day. We need hope. We need to know that there is some bigger picture to life, some purpose beyond the tasks we are working on day by day. Think of the swimmer who trains in …
Where do you look when you have a problem? When you need to do a task you haven’t done before, or when you find strains and stresses in your closest relationships? When you don’t know the best decision to make when faced with a range of reasonable-sounding options? All of us have a tendency to …
There is an old saying: practice what you preach. It doesn’t only apply to preachers, of course! The message is that you should live a consistent life. If you say something is important, you need to live it out yourself. Nowhere is this more important than in churches. Preaching and Bible teaching of various forms …
The logic of evangelism is really simple. Christians have the good news, the news about Jesus the King who has died in our place and risen again to pay for our sins. This is the most important news ever. It is news that we are tasked with telling others about. And, for some of these …