November – December 2015
These words are taken from Psalm 45:2 and describe him who was “fairer than the children of men”, whom God has blessed forever. In the psalm we are also told the source of such a blessing: “thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oi…
“Grace is Poured into Thy Lips” Read More »
We often speak of Jesus as the Master and we know that when the title is given to him sincerely it is acceptable to him, for he said: “Ye call me Master and Lord, and ye say well, for so I am.” Do we, however, realize its full content?
Master is used for the translation of the Jewish word ‘…
Our reading contains some challenging words of the Lord: “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do the things which I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house who dug down deep and laid the fou…
Doing the Will of God – Luke 6 Read More »
III. C. A series of appeals (4:1–20)
And now Paul launches two passionate appeals, the first to the head, the second to the heart of the Galatians. In the first (4:1–11), he affirms that they are no longer slaves to the Law, or young children under the Law’s oversight, but the sons and daught…
Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians Part XI Read More »
Generous, warm, hospitable. Happy, selfless and overflowing with service. If we would like to embrace these characteristics then Paul’s letter to Philippi has an important message for us. The epistle is written with great passion as Paul poured out his thanks to the ecclesia for a gift they had gi…
Philippians: Background to the Epistle (1) Read More »
Witnessing Paul’s preaching and suffering in Lystra
It was on the first missionary journey that Paul and Barnabas took the gospel into the area of Galatia. In the synagogue in Antioch in Pisidia, Paul delivered the address recorded in Acts 13, concluding with these words: “Be it kno…
Timothy – Paul’s Faithful and Beloved Son (1) Read More »
Give us O Lord wherever we may be
An inner quietness, a faith in thee!
Sure of thy presence when there is no light,
Knowing ou wilt deliver – make all right!
Keep us from fears that cripple and impede
O make us strong to go where ou dost lead!
And though at times the way we ca…
An Inner Quietness Read More »
Sometimes we visualise history as it is presented in many textbooks: a single, straight timeline marked by various significant events. In reality, the course of human history more closely resembles raindrops on a windowpane: a complex web of individual streams attracting and reacting against each ot…
Solomon made a startling statement that will surprise a great many people who do not regularly read their Bible. He tells us ‘Don’t bother to pray if you don’t have time to read the Bible’. This is admittedly a very loose translation. His exact words were, “One who turns away his ear from …
The incident took place at Troas as the Apostle Paul and his companions were on their way back to Jerusalem in the course of Paul’s third missionary journey about 57 AD. Luke, who had sailed from Philippi with Paul to Troas, recorded the circumstances in Acts 20:6-12. Besides Luke, Paul had seven …
