Introduction Hope is such a powerful emotion. When hopes are realised, our joy can be monumental. I remember the day of our wedding, my wife was walking down the aisle and at that moment I was overwhelmed with joy and …

2 Corinthians 5:14- 6:2 Deaths that had a profound impact on others When some people die, their death has a profound effect on a great many people around the world. People all around the world seem to be impacted heavily …

1. What’s up ahead Don’t you wish that sometimes we knew what was up ahead of us? ● None of us know what’s up ahead of us If you knew that the war in the middle east was going to …

1. Turbulent times We are living in turbulent and chaotic times. There seems to be a level of instability in our world that we haven’t seen for some time. At present two of the three most powerful nations in the …

Introduction With such a well known story there is often the tendency to think that we might have nothing new to learn here. But friends, God’s word is living and active. So let’s together look at what this passage has …

1. The writing was on the wall “The writing was on the wall”. This is a common idiom/expression that people use all the time. For instance, after another round of retrenchment at work some might remark that, once they brought …

1.    The problem with pride In one of my favourite novels, “Pride and Prejudice, the author Jane Austen makes a distinction between ‘pride’ and ‘vanity’. Mary Bennett, one of the characters in the book, makes the point that there is …

Introduction Today’s passage in Daniel 3 is written in the context of Babylon and its King from 2600 years ago. But there is a country today in 2026 that has many of the hallmarks of what we see in today’s …

1. Dreams We all dream dreams – sometimes we remember them and sometimes we don’t. a. Dreams are strange things Dreams are odd things. They can be bizarre and strange. We can be dreaming that we are sitting at home …

1. Taken to Babylon Today we begin a series of talks looking at the book of Daniel. This book is largely about Daniel and three other Jewish young men from Jerusalem. They were taken from Jerusalem as captives and led …