Dec 3, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
These old prophets… such a way with words! “The messenger of the covenant, in who you delight – indeed he is coming, says the Lord of hosts”. Any bets on the next word? Yep, that’s it: “But”. “But who can endure the day of his coming…?” A wonderful reminder that we...
Nov 26, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Jeremiah had a dream… “Thus says the LORD” it says in Jeremiah 33, “ the days are surely coming when I will fulfil the promise I made to the people…” Some dream! From the man in prison, as his home and community and temple are ransacked by yet another foreign...
Nov 19, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
“Are you the King of the Jews?” Pilate is placed in a difficult position here. The charge comes from the leaders of the predominant ethnic group within the precinct of the Roman Empire that Cesare has declared Pilate custodian over. The political implications if...
Nov 12, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
Have you ever wondered about the beatitude “blessed be the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”? And what about that eerie; “those who love their life will lose it.”? Every generation is raised under the fear of something. I remember a song on Michael W Smith’s...
Nov 5, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
We tend to digest the scriptures like eating an elephant. Yes, the bible is huge and, frankly, who has the time or mental constitution to devour it in one go? So we fragment it into chapters and verses and snack, piece by piece, bit by bit, and we get through it...
Oct 30, 2018 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE
“I get it now, it’s all about relationship!” Yay! Preachers love to get breakthroughs like that every now and then. If you want the core of the Gospel, that is it! It’s all “For the love of God!” Not that you have to earn it but because God gives it freely anyway....
