God speaks comfortable words to his suffering people.

21-12-2025 - Lucas Durant

In all the injustice and dangers of this world, we long for a perfectly righteous judge and a perfectly secure home. The scriptures affirm that we shall one day have them.

07-12-2025 - Lucas Durant

While many people search for meaning in the past or struggle to create meaning in the present, Christian people locate the ultimate meaning of their own lives and the world in future. The certainty of the Last Day should pull us forward, transforming our past and our present.

30-11-2025 - Lucas Durant

Jude warns the church in the strongest possible terms about the danger posed by false teachers. He charges each and every Christian to contend for the faith. But how do we contend?

23-11-2025 - Leslie Siu

The Christian faith is constituted by a body of truth concerning one-off historical events that was handed down by the Apostles to the church. The scriptures contain all that is necessary for life and godliness. Yet certain people claim that through new "mystical" revelations or deeper "spiritual" insight, we can move beyond the faith once delivered. The Bible calls this false teaching. Jude explains why it is a very serious problem.

16-11-2025 - Lucas Durant

Only 30 years or so after the Resurrection, Jude is writing to churches that are in more danger than they recognise. Already they have been infiltrated by certain people who are using the grace of God as a license for immorality. What should Christians do when the church is being influenced by (and maybe even led by) lawless and Christless people? We must contend.

09-11-2025 - Lucas Durant

If we are going to live wisely, we need to understand that our actions have consequences. Our deeds are leading us to a certain destiny. Proverbs reveals the inescapable moral order woven into the fabric of reality itself. And it points us to the only way to receive a better outcome than all our deeds deserve.

05-10-2025 - Lucas Durant

God calls us to love, treasure and cherish him with all that we are, and all that we have, with all our being, and all of our doing, in each and every aspect of life. If we don't, both success and failure will be a danger to us.

28-09-2025 - Kevin Murphy

There are certain ways of living that are characteristic of the wise. You can observe them in generation after generation. What are the "family traits" of wise people down through history? Solomon gives us three.

21-09-2025 - Lucas DURANT

The scriptures tell us that it is possible to grow in wisdom, but it won't happen by accident. God is pleased to give us wisdom! But we need to know and accept His terms and conditions.

07-09-2025 - Lucas Durant