How do you prove an event genuinely took place in the past? Our modern legal system depends on the corroboration of personal witness accounts, today we will see another to provide evidence substantiating the birth of the king of all kings.

How does Jesus fulfil the role of the Shepherd? The role of the shepherd king was an important one in the ANE. No one comes close, though, to Jesus ability to be the humble shepherd who gives his life for the sheep.

If the Lord were to review your bank statements for the past year, would he consider you a thief or faithful? What difference does Jesus make to God's expectation of a Tithe (a tenth) of his people's income? Listen in for guidance on how best to land those considerations

In Malachi's day, unfaithfulness and disloyalty spread within the family of God, destroying marriages and corrupting worship. Unfaithfulness has spiritual and social implications that threaten the unity of God's people. Yet God's people (then and now) are reminded that they are one people under one God and Father and in Him, they should be faithful to one another.

Do we have the right idea of what Christians leaders need to be in order to serve the Lord faithfully? Being faithful to the Lord in a society that is falling away from him will mean that we will be unpopular and counter-cultural. As Malachi hones in on the priest, he highlights how vital their role is, if, the people of Judea are going to retain their identity as his people.

When it feels like God's promises are not being fulfilled and there's temptation to call it quits, what is there for believers to hold on to? At the start of several proclamations through Malachi, God testifies to His unfailing love for Israel, as the sure hope for Israel, as the sure hope for Israel and all nations.

Has anyone ever told you that you are a project? Individually and collectively, we are under construction and God as the wise architect utilises ancient building methods in His ongoing un-thwarted purposes.

Has modern innovation in education and technology made attending church irrelevant? As we look at the history of Israel, we see that without the hearing and following of the word of God, his people descend into idolatry. In Nehemiah, we see how the returning exiles try to overcome past failure by assembling around the word of God being declared by Ezra and taught by the Levites

How does the New Testament church relate to the Old Testament? The mass assembly of the Israelites at Sinai (Exodus 19) was the first of its kind, and one that completely overwhelmed the senses of those who attended. Should the modern church look back at this event and try to learn from it? The writer of Hebrews believes that there are better realities to explore than those experiences of the ancient church which we need to tap into.

Some start at the beginning when seeking to answer the question 'why church?'. But did you know the real answer starts BEFORE the beginning? Listen in to see how come?