Sermons
Where to Hear God—Part 2
God’s final speech in His Son supersedes all other revelation.
Where to Hear God—Part 1
God has communicated finally to the world in His Son. So says the book of…
Means and Ends
What should we treat as a means, and what is an end? Understanding this question…
The Crucifixion or the Cross
Many mistake the physical agonies of the Cross as its most poignant lesson, missing the…
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
The most confusing request in the Lord’s Prayer is “lead us not into temptation”. Would…
Of All Men Most Miserable
Paul teaches that the resurrection makes the point: either we bank on this life, or…
Forgive Us Our Debts
Why should Christians, who are forgiven, keep asking for forgiveness?
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
What constitutes our daily bread? What are our true needs?
Your Will Be Done
God’s will is difficult to understand: as it includes both good and evil. How should…
Your Kingdom Come
What does it mean to ask for God\’s kingdom to come?
Hallowed Be Your Name
What is meant by hallowing God’s name?
Our Model Prayer
When we struggle to pray, the Lord’s Prayer provides us with a pattern to follow.
Life Hacks From Proverbs
Proverbs gives us some of the most distilled wisdom available: true “life-hacks”.
Don’t Waste Your Life
The five crowns offered by God point to the kinds of priorities we should have…
The Puzzle of Forgiveness
Forgiveness can be complicated. What do we do when the other person does not want…
The Actions of Forgiveness
What does forgiveness actually do?
The Motives for Forgiveness
When a runaway slave damaged a Christian master’s home and finances, Paul exhorted him to…
Compassion and Caution
How should we approach those deceived by false teachers? Should we attempt to rescue false…
Keep Yourselves in the Love of God
As we contend for the faith, we must guard our hearts against becoming contentious. Jude’s…
Christmas and the Second Creation
John opens his Gospel, not with a Nativity scene, but by showing how the Incarnation…
The Fate of False Teachers
Jude encourages his readers with a reminder of the fact and fate of false teachers…
Portrait of a False Teacher
What are the marks of a false teacher? Jude paints a portrait that can enable…
The Voice of the Wolf
False teaches have to speak When they do, Jude helps us identify the characteristics of…
Identifying False Teachers—Part 2
False teachers can be identified by considering their irreverence, impurity, and insubordination. Jude compares false…
Identifying False Teachers—Part 1
What are the marks of a false teacher?
The Error of Appeasement
Should we seek to appease false teaching, in the name of Christian unity?
A Christian View of Controlling Conception
Should Christians control birth through chemical or surgical means?
A Christian View of Gambling
Gambling continues to destroy many lives. Many Christians, however, see little problem with gambling as…
A Christian View of Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories have come to dominate some discourse on the Internet. Christians need to know…
A Christian View of Social Media
With social media now dominating culture, Christians need to think carefully about how these media…
A Christian View of Cremation and Burial
Does the Bible prescribe a form of funeral rite? Is cremation or burial favoured by…
A Christian View of Just War
Can war ever be acceptable? This programme considers if war is ever necessary or justified…
Calvinism and Arminianism: Myths and Realities
The terms ‘Calvinism’ and ‘Arminianism’ are thrown around like insults. But what do they actually…
A Christian View of Bio-Ethics
Bio-medical technology is changing life as we know it. Christians need an ethic to understand…
A Christian View of Science and Scientism
Is there a conflict between religion and science? This programme considers the place of true…
A Christian View of Environmentalism
What should Christians make of global warming, eco-friendly initiatives, and environmentalism in general?
A Christian View of Corporal Punishment
Does the Bible speak to the matter of physical chastening? In the context of parenting…
A Christian View of Education
Much confusion and secular thinking pervades Christians when it comes to education. This programme considers…
A Christian View of Psychology
How should Christians view psychology? This programme presents one view, showing the contradictions between secular…
A Christian View of Emigration and Immigration
Is it wrong to emigrate? How should Christians treat immigrants from other nations? This programme…
A Christian View of Government
What is government to do, according to the Bible? How should Christians respond to government?…
A Christian View of Racism
What is at the heart of racism? The sin of racism is not be wrong…
Inerrancy
Is the Bible without error? And does it matter?
The Good Soil
The parable of the soils culminates in the good heart that receives the Word with…
The Thorny Heart
Some hearts cannot receive the Word because they are filled with worldliness, wealth-seeking, and wandering…
The Impulsive Heart
Jesus describes some hearts as superficially accepting the Word, while rejecting it in the heart…
The Indifferent Heart
Jesus describes the second kind of heart as that which does not allow the Word…
The Sower
The Parable of the Sower, or the Soils, explains why the Word has the effects…
Thinkful Thankfulness
How do we cultivate a thankful heart? Psalm 105 guides us to meditate on four…
The Disciplined Church
Christians can mistake the doctrine of grace with passivity, and give way to spiritual laziness.…
Jesus, Our Torn Veil
The death of Christ brought a supernatural tearing of the veil that separated the Most…
Beholding Our God—Holy and Loving
The summary of God’s attributes is His holiness, and love is God’s response to His…
Beholding Our God—Faithful and True
Hosea’s tragic and yet beautiful story of unfaithfulness and faithfulness illustrates the faithfulness of God…
Beholding Our God—Gracious and Merciful
In David’s grace to an enemy’s grandson, we see a picture of God’s graciousness.
Beholding Our God—Just and Righteous
God perfectly loves what is right and hates what is evil. His justice, or righteousness,…
Beholding Our God—Omnipotent and Sovereign
When the Assyrian king tried to intimidate Hezekiah, the attribute of God’s omnipotence came to…
Faith in Him Who Raises the Dead
God’s war tactic included killing death with death.
Beholding Our God—Omniscient and All-Wise
God knows all that is possible, potential and actual, and knows perfect means to achieve…
Beholding Our God—Eternal and Immutable
God’s relationship to time is like His relationship to space – infinite.
Beholding Our God—Omnipresent
Jonah sought to outrun God, or at least deceive himself into thinking he had. But…
Beholding Our God—Self-Existence and Self-Sufficiency
None of the pagan gods of antiquity possessed the attribute of self-existence. Paul used this…
Beholding Our God
Nothing is more important than our concepts of God. For that reason, nothing can be…
The Lord’s Supper—An Oath of Discipleship
The Lord’s Supper is sometimes called a ‘sacrament’ – from the Latin sacramentum which was…
A Meal of Fellowship
The Lord’s Supper is emblematic of partaking and union together.
A Feast of Worship
What is the Lord’s Supper? First of all, it is a celebration of Christ Himself…
Man-Pleasing
Man-pleasing, or fearing man is a subtle form of selfishness, where others are used for…
Sow in Tears
How should believers going through pain view their trials? If they are going through those…
The Marks of Regeneration—Recognising the Truth
The fourth sure sign of regeneration is the God-given ability to discern the voice of…
The Marks of Regeneration—Imitating His Implanted Nature
The truly regenerate give evidence of their new life by imitating the nature of the…
The Marks of Regeneration—Family Identity
One of the sure signs of regeneration is a family identity with God’s family.
The Marks of Regeneration—Confessing Jesus Christ
Today, the term ‘born again’ has lost its biblical meaning. What are the sure signs…
Treasuring Christ in His Worth
Sacrifice and suffering are the ultimate symbols of treasuring the worth of God.
The Shepherd-God
Why did God choose to announce the birth of His Son, first of all to…
Treasuring Christ in His Works
Knowing and loving God means seeing and knowing the works of God.
Treasuring Christ in His Word
The way to treasure God for His value is to behold His beauty. We behold…
Treasuring the Value of God
How can we unify the various strands of the Christian life? One helpful way is…
Joseph—Closure
As the lines of the Joseph narrative draw together, the great lesson of God’s providential…
Joseph—Choices and Consequences
Jacob’s predictions of the future of his sons illustrates how consequences follow choices.
Joseph—Gracious Blessing
Jacob’s choice to bless the younger over the elder is a profound lesson in the…
Joseph—Benevolent Lordship
As the famine continued, Joseph obtained greater and greater control over Egypt. How did he…
Joseph—Promises and Providence
The promises of God to Abraham were worked out remarkably through the providential arrangements of…
Joseph—Recognition, Reconciliation and Reunion
After Judah’s repentance, Joseph extends true and heartfelt forgiveness. Joseph’s forgiveness has at least five…
Joseph—Repentance
As Joseph has worked on his brothers’ consciences, a final test elicits a response from…
Joseph—The Awakening of Conscience
Joseph’s brothers needed to have their consciences pricked and awoken. Joseph worked to see if…
Joseph—Vindication
For a believer, a moment of vindication is coming. For Joseph, it was after 13…
Joseph—Obedience Under Pressure
Joseph continued to obey, even though everything seemed to get worse. At what point will…
Joseph—Resisting Temptation for God Alone
Joseph resisted temptation when no one was looking? What enabled him to remain pure in…
Joseph—Responding in the Spirit
Joseph chose to keep responding in the Holy Spirit, regardless of circumstance.
Joseph—Truth-Teller
Joseph loved and preached the truth under all circumstances – even those he knew would…
Joseph—Family Matters
Studying the life of Joseph reveals three things: a picture of Christ, the doctrine of…
He Is Not Silent
Is God silent? Is it true that God is hidden from most people? Why doesn’t…
What in the World is God Doing?
Ephesians contains one of the verses that expands the purpose of God’s redemptive work beyond…
Live and Let Die
James concludes his letter by describing the act of restoration of wandering professing believers as…
Effectual Fervent Prayer
James wishes Christians to pray in all circumstances and to pray with all confidence. He…
Waiting Actively
Waiting on God is nothing like the waiting we are used to doing in our…
Proud Spending
Pride manifests in a certain approach to wealth and money.
The Fathers We Need
What kind of fathers does Scripture call for?
She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing
What would the ideal woman be to the modern mind? The picture painted in the…
The High Cost of Community
Everyone enjoys the benefits of community – not all are willing to pay the price.…
Three Images of Hell
The Cross of Christ paid the penalty for sin. Hell pays the penalty for sin.…