From Hebrews 11-13 Today’s passage is a wonderful description of faith, its importance and the profound effect it has had on God’s people through history. The author lists a large number of faithful people. In [ Read More … ]
From Hebrews 1-6 In the face of drifting away, the author reminds his audience of God’s word. Firstly through angels and now in these last days through His Son. His Son, made purification for sins [ Read More … ]
Is a lie by omission still a lie? Well, it depends on what your definition of “is” is. In a study recently published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , a team of [ Read More … ]
Survey of 160 countries finds the age at which people are the least satisfied with life. Dr Jeremy Dean’s ebooks are: The Anxiety Plan: 42 Strategies For Worry, Phobias, OCD and Panic Spark: 17 Steps [ Read More … ]
From 2 Timothy 1-4 The gospel of God’s grace has strings attached. Not in the sense people have to do something to receive God’s grace. No. For Paul and Timothy were saved by grace, not [ Read More … ]
In my New Testament cohort at Northern Seminary I have a bundle of very good students. One of our assignments is a book review, and I will post two of these reviews this week. This [ Read More … ]
From 2 Thessalonians 1-3 Paul seeks prayer for his gospel ministry. He wants to see the gospel widely spread and he knows it will be opposed. The Thessalonian church has lazy people bludging off others [ Read More … ]
From Colossians 1-4 Paul’s seeks to build up the Colossian Christians by pointing them again to what they have already accepted and experienced in knowing Christ. He does not go out of his way to destroy [ Read More … ]
From Ephesians 4-6 Paul gives an overview of the gifts Jesus has given to his church. The gifts are four kinds of leaders and they have a specific job. They are to equip the church [ Read More … ]
If we don’t realize that the very first Christmas was scandalous in its radical inclusion of outsiders and people on the margins, we may find ourselves insisting on making Christmas a celebration that becomes known [ Read More … ]