Happy New Year! But what does that mean? Where does blessing come from, what is it, and how can we receive it?

29-12-2024 - Lucas Durant

Christmas is the antidote to all our anxieties. In the first Christmas song, sung by Mary, we learn how we can go on singing.

15-12-2024 - Lucas Durant

In the midst of what seems like chaos, God has a plan. Far from making us passive, God tells us his plan in order to call us to live by faith in Him. Faith in God's plan gives us ultimate hope in the face of every trial.

08-12-2024 - Lucas Durant

Evil should make us angry. But when does righteous anger crossover into unrighteousness? When wicked behaviour is dealt with wickedly, how does God respond?

01-12-2024 - Friedemann Barinske

God says we need to be changed into the image of His Son. But most of us hate change. How does God accomplish his work? He wrestles us.

24-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

There are many ways that people try to secure blessings for themselves. But there is ultimately only one source from which all blessings flow.

17-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

Though the LORD can radically heal and restore a person's life, the cause and effect consequences of sin normally knock on long after repentance and conversion. Why does the LORD allow those difficulties to continue? Laban's Deception and Leah's Disappointment show us that it is the LORD's Discipline for our good.

10-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

This episode in Jacob's life is profoundly encouraging. It shows us that God is not distant. His power is actively shaping directing world and his presence is intimately close to his people. Jesus Christ is the connection between heaven and earth.

03-11-2024 - Lucas Durant

This ranks as one of the most dramatic stories in the Bible. The characters each have their own aims and they will stop at nothing to achieve them. But while each person sinfully pursues their own goals, God achieves his purpose. God cannot be stopped.

27-10-2024 - Lucas Durant

How do we explain the difference between those who embrace the Christian faith and those who reject it? Do people become Christians because they are more moral, more clever or better in some way? The story of Jacob and Esau powerfully dismantles that idea. God's saving purposes in the world are advanced by his sovereign election.

24-10-2024 - Lucas Durant