BBC Sermon Cast

So much of contemporary Christianity aims at having joy, but with no willingness to pay for it. We want jubilation without crucifixion. We crave success stories while ardently avoiding stories about suffering. We want coronation without the cross. In...

Spirit-filled Christians are uniquely enabled to resist the moral decay and political decline of secular society. The only question is whether we will. The example of Micah provides us with every hope and reason to swim against the societal tides.

What would it look like if every Christian loved as God loved? Seeing is believing, they say, and the apostle John would agree. Our text considers the fruit of love: what might we see and experience if we obeyed Christ’s command to love one...

“With great power comes great responsibility.” This popular saying summarises what Paul teaches in Galatians 5:13–15. The Galatians had been freed from maintaining certain Jewish practices; they were justified by faith apart from works. We...

Indirect attacks are the kind you don’t see coming. When you see it, it’s too late. Captain B. H. Liddell Hart, a British World War I veteran, military historian and strategist said, “In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way...

Reading the New Testament, it is clear that the experience of the transfiguration had a profound impact on the disciples. Beholding the glory of Jesus had a comforting effect on those who followed him, as it does to those who follow him today. That...

This song is an exhortation to get involved in God’s work—to get in the game. It is a song of contrasts—contrasting those who would not get involved with those who were willing to get involved in God’s work.

Christians are called to be kind to one another, tender-hearted, and forgiving one another. But this cannot be done apart from the gospel. Love for the gospel is the root cause and enabler for Christians obey this command.

In the text before us, Jesus presents an ultimatum to his would-be followers: Make up your mind. To follow Jesus requires that we consider the facts—that we think through the issues—before we commit to follow him. Following Jesus is not merely a...

You cannot separate the truth of Jesus from the love we express to one another. But neither can you separate the love for one another from the truth of Jesus. The truth is, we received a saving love from God and this truth reflects in the way we live...