Disarming Hurry

Our world is filled with stories of ghosts and spirits, angels and demons, but what do the spiritual forces around us think of Jesus? In Mark 5 we read about Jesus’ encounter with numerous spirits and how they recognise Him immediately. But even...

From the very first covenant God made with his people, he always had plans for the world. The people of God have never existed to serve themselves but to be used by God to save all of humanity. It is essential that we always look to serve others...

Becoming a Christian fundamentally changes our identity. No longer are we disconnected from God or his people but we enter into His family. God becomes our father and those who belong to him become brothers and sisters in Christ. This reality...

The foundation of knowing God is our willingness to believe the testimony of God - ‘that Jesus is the Christ’ (5:1). Ours is a faith grounded in the testimony of God (5:10). It is all about our willingness to trust God. There is something very...

Discernment of the ‘spirits’ is based upon their willingness to acknowledge the incarnation of Jesus. This ‘en-fleshment’ of Jesus is also the way that we know the love of God (4:9), and the founding reason for our love for one another...

Those who remain in Jesus have a new identity: Children of God. This is inherently a call to right living with the expectation that we will be misunderstood by the world. Even so we persevere as we ‘continue in him’. This new identity is...

As we walk in the light we learn to live as Jesus lived (2:6). Central to this is loving others and being in fellowship with each other. Those who do not genuinely live as Jesus did are prone to break fellowship and deny that Jesus is the Christ...

The good news of Christ's birth was communicated to those on the margins. This reveals the heart of God that the good news is for all people not just those who live lives of privilege. The good news often goes from the bottom to the top. Luke...

God in His wisdom comes in the form of a baby, the creator enters His creation in the most ordinary of fashions. God comes in flesh, He draws close to humanity so that we may see His goodness and mercy up close and personal.

Luke 1:26-38