Many of us don’t like to be black and white when it comes to basically two kinds of people on earth. Many of us like to think that there are far more categories of people There may be some who are neutral. During WW1 and 2 in Europe there were some countries that declared neutrality. […]
God wants us to live a life that would bring glory and honour to the son who saved us. God wants us to live a life that would be in keeping with who Christ is. Peter’s letter goes on to encourage us to see Christ as the example for Christian living. New Testament worship is […]
A teacher, preacher, evangelist’s role is to effectively sow the seed. In other words, he has to faithfully proclaim, to the best of his ability, the Word of God. Yet, he is not responsible for the germination and growth of the seed – God does that! Unlike a salesman who is judged on sales, a […]
Although Anna never left the environs of the temple, she was aware that something was missing. For starters, all the temple extensions had been paid for by Herod, the King. He wasn’t even a Jew and righteous, he wasn’t. Secondly, the temple did not have the Ark of the covenant in the Holy of Holies. […]
Each of these women, (Eve, Sarah, Rahab, Ruth, Mary) highlight for us what it is to be a Christian. Each of them brings out an aspect of the Christian faith that is essential. • Eve hoped for a Saviour that would defeat the hated Satan. We know that was fulfilled with Jesus was born into […]
When we pray in our need, and God answers our prayer in his grace, we have to see it as more than simply an answer to prayer. When God answers someone, heals someone, restores someone, grants work to someone we are seeing how God acts. When we see Jesus born in a manger at Bethlehem, […]
14:20 “Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.” It is for this reason that Paul pleads with the Corinthian Christians to exhibit some measure of restraint, some measure of control. That is, I believe the primary reason for what Paul is writing here this […]
Elimilech and family leave the promised land and Ruth makes the most beautiful profession of faith. Whenever a person reaches for the Lord we generally see a number of factors in play. We often see a profound disappointment with what life is currently offering and we see a real desire to come into fellowship with […]