Q.3. What do the Scriptures principally teach?A. The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of manWestminster Shorter CatechismAcross the centuries people have turned to the Bible for a variety of reasons. Still today - the likes of Jordan Peterson engage with the Scriptures as an interesting sociological and psychological document. Snippets ...  Read More

My son, if sinful men entice you,do not give in to them.Proverbs 1:10I was invited to a wine tasting night at a friend's house. 20 unbelieving blokes, expensive bottles of wine, not much food and one lone Christian. For me, a recipe for sin. It’s not aggressive - they never chanted ‘drink’ or forced wine down my throat. But I wanted to do what they were doing. Have you experienced something like t...  Read More

On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2 He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the Lord. 3 Then say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without defect—for a burnt offering, 4 and an ox and a ram for a f...  Read More

‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.Leviticus 19:2I thought I would throw in a Leviticus memory verse. It wasn’t easy to find. But then it was.At the heart of the book of Leviticus is the concept of God’s holiness. God’s holiness is a word/concept that captures his love, his justice, his goodness/righteousness and most of all, his otherness.God’s call to his people is to be holy like he...  Read More

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1Love is a way of life for God’s people. In Ephesians 1 & 3, Paul reminds us that God’s love for His people is like the ocean. So deep, so wide and vast that it surpasses knowledge. We were because of and ...  Read More

22 He then presented the other ram, the ram for the ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 23 Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 Moses also brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thu...  Read More

For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. 1 Timothy 4:4How good is food? I’m a big fan of sci-fi shows and one of the saddest of the potential futures is that food is essentially nutritious mush. Neverending white porridge like mush.But that’s not what God has done. He has given us taste buds. Sweet, savoury, sour, bitter (not my favouri...  Read More

Q. 2. What rule hath God given to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him?A. The Word of God, which is contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, is the only rule to direct us how we may glorify and enjoy him.Westminster Shorter CatechismI don’t know about you - but I’m not great at being told how to do something. Give me a task - no worries. Let me figure it out. In my own way....  Read More

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7I reckon one thing that most people want is to be wise (or maybe at least to be seen as wise). How do you become wise? Well, what does our world say? A few things maybe:i) Wisdom comes from experiences - the wisest people are those who have travelled the most, engaged with the most cultures an...  Read More

10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. 11 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. 12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13 Then he brought Aaron’s sons forward, put tun...  Read More

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.Lamentations 3:23We live in the age of entitlement. We think the government owes us something. Our parents owe us something. Our neighbours owe us something. And of course, God owes us something.But what if that’s not true? On all levels, but particularly on ...  Read More

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in seasonand whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.Psalm 1:1-3Did you ever do that e...  Read More