If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.James 1:5How do you get wisdom? I reckon most people think wisdom comes from a broad range of experiences. For instance, these days, travelling the world is one of the keys to wisdom. But you know what, I’m not convinced. I’ve met plenty of people who are really well trave...  Read More

46 “‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground. 47 You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.’”Leviticus 11:46-47What things disgust you? Is it cockroaches? What about dirty sinks? Or baby nappies? There ...  Read More

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.1 John 4:10What is love? Sorry if I’ve just put a song in your head for the rest of the day. But genuinely, what is love? I reckon there’s a bunch of confusion today.Is love just this feeling you have when you think about, see, touch a certain person? Is love how much you need someone el...  Read More

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25I can’t imagine what sort of training it takes to win an olympic gold medal. Let’s just consider th...  Read More

Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, contrary to his command. 2 So fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.Leviticus 10:1-2One of the realities of the time we live in, is that people don’t mean what they say. Take parents for instance. How often d...  Read More

You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 2 Corinthians 9:11Our world loves an exchange rate. Different currencies, gold, silver, bitcoin etc. etc. Paul gives us a fascinating insight into the nature of exchange that occurs in God’s people. In Acts 20:35 - Paul tells some Ephesian Christians t...  Read More

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