The Gospel binds people of different backgrounds, different minds together.
It is easy to see how we can drift from an understanding of justification by faith alone to some sort of works righteousness. Even Simon Peter did so!
After focussing our attention on God’s agenda, God allows us to pray for our needs.
We all need to hear this message as we live the Christian life. We are so prone to sin and we need to keep on praying this line of the Lord’s prayer.
Paul defends himself to the Galatian Christians as he is under attack. He explains that his faith is real and that he is a servant of God. Those who promote another Gospel are doing their best to undermine his apostleship.
Jonah is deeply disturbed by God’s gracious response to the repentant Ninevites.
This passage has at its core, the incredible miracle of Jonah being swallowed by a fish where he survives for three days and nights before being spat out on dry land. To some, this story is enough to rubbish the whole bible as being truthful. For the Christian, it is another example of our God […]
This series on the book of Jonah recognises that the key character in the book is God, Not Jonah. Even in the first three verses, we find Jonah running from the call of God to preach to the city of Nineveh. This is compared with God, who shows such compassion, being willing even to offer […]