John 3:16 is a popular text, known by many but not always well understood. Here, we investigate this "golden verse", breaking it down to consider afresh the glorious gospel it proclaims.

As he often does, Paul greets Philemon with a benediction, "Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." The call of the Christian to holiness and obedience is impossible to fulfil in our own strength. It is only with the help that come from above, grace from the Father and the Son, that we can live as we ought.

Paul's epistle to Philemon provides a powerful illustration of the importance of the local church for the believer.

Jude has been calling us to contend for the faith, and by this point in the letter, our swords are drawn, and we are ready for a fight. In verses 22 and 23, however, Jude gives us a surprising instruction: he urges us to show mercy. This is a crucial part of what it means to contend for the faith. We must contend for the faith with mercy.

We explore Christian suffering from Romans 8.

We consider the astonishingly good news that salvation, being the greatest possible blessing in life, is purely by grace.

Timothy, the Apostle Paul's child in the faith, was raised on the Holy Scriptures, under the instruction of his faithful mother and grandmother. This example leads us to consider the central role the Word of God is to occupy in the family.

What does it mean that the husband is head of his wife, in parallel with the headship of Christ over his church?

Husbands have the spiritual duty of loving their wives, in imitation of the sacrificial love of Christ for his church.

Christian parents, and fathers in particular, have a spiritual duty to bring their children up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.