Chapter 4 of John’s gospel introduces us to the woman at the well in Samaria. As with Nicodemus and Mary previously, Jesus speaks to someone about spiritual and eternal things while they speak about the same things on a material and temporal, earthly level. In this first part of the chapter, Jesus speaks 3 times. […]
If we want to be workers approved… then we need to have work that is approved and that means, in the context here, speaking God’s Word in a straight forward and plain manner. This Word has to be presented well, or should I say truly and biblically because if we get it wrong then we […]
When we read in the Gospels that Jesus came to seek and the save the lost, he wasn’t just referring to the lost sheep of Israel. He tells the disciples that he has other sheep as well – those who would in the future belong to his flock!
Martin Lloyd Jones and C.S. Lewis were also very much concerned about liberal theology which they called modernism. The essence of this belief is that it doesn’t really matter if Jesus rose from the dead but that Jesus means something to us. The heart of modernism is simply to live a good life, showing love […]
This Easter Day message considers the popular secular opinion that sees people trying to live their best life now. Jesus death and resurrection, however, shows us that the best is yet to come! Unless we follow Jesus today we will never experience the best that is yet to come and neither can we find true […]
One of the problems that I have faced when it comes to talking about suffering is this! When someone asks they would like to know the answer in approximately one minute or less. I personally do not think it is possible to answer the question in a minute or less. The next problem is phrasing […]
In Luke 7:28 Jesus says John the Baptist is the greatest man ever to have lived. In this morning’s sermon, we examine John in his meekness and humility and his desire to point to Christ and give glory to him alone. John’s desire to decrease while Christ increases must be the desire of all Christians.
Paul urges Timothy to continue to remind those he ministers to of the truths of the Christian faith and about the gospel. Remembering God and his dealings with us is an essential part of the Christian life because we tent to lose information so easily.