Christian Living

What does forgiveness actually do?

When a runaway slave damaged a Christian master’s home and finances, Paul exhorted him to…

How should we approach those deceived by false teachers? Should we attempt to rescue false…

As we contend for the faith, we must guard our hearts against becoming contentious. Jude’s…

Jude encourages his readers with a reminder of the fact and fate of false teachers…

What are the marks of a false teacher? Jude paints a portrait that can enable…

False teaches have to speak When they do, Jude helps us identify the characteristics of…

False teachers can be identified by considering their irreverence, impurity, and insubordination. Jude compares false…

What are the marks of a false teacher?

Should we seek to appease false teaching, in the name of Christian unity?

Should Christians control birth through chemical or surgical means?

Gambling continues to destroy many lives. Many Christians, however, see little problem with gambling as…

With social media now dominating culture, Christians need to think carefully about how these media…

Does the Bible prescribe a form of funeral rite? Is cremation or burial favoured by…

The terms ‘Calvinism’ and ‘Arminianism’ are thrown around like insults. But what do they actually…

What should Christians make of global warming, eco-friendly initiatives, and environmentalism in general?

Much confusion and secular thinking pervades Christians when it comes to education. This programme considers…

How should Christians view psychology? This programme presents one view, showing the contradictions between secular…

Is it wrong to emigrate? How should Christians treat immigrants from other nations? This programme…

What is government to do, according to the Bible? How should Christians respond to government?…

What is at the heart of racism? The sin of racism is not be wrong…

The parable of the soils culminates in the good heart that receives the Word with…

Some hearts cannot receive the Word because they are filled with worldliness, wealth-seeking, and wandering…

Jesus describes some hearts as superficially accepting the Word, while rejecting it in the heart…

Jesus describes the second kind of heart as that which does not allow the Word…

The Parable of the Sower, or the Soils, explains why the Word has the effects…

How do we cultivate a thankful heart? Psalm 105 guides us to meditate on four…

None of the pagan gods of antiquity possessed the attribute of self-existence. Paul used this…

The fourth sure sign of regeneration is the God-given ability to discern the voice of…

The truly regenerate give evidence of their new life by imitating the nature of the…

One of the sure signs of regeneration is a family identity with God’s family.

Today, the term ‘born again’ has lost its biblical meaning. What are the sure signs…

Sacrifice and suffering are the ultimate symbols of treasuring the worth of God.

Knowing and loving God means seeing and knowing the works of God.

The way to treasure God for His value is to behold His beauty. We behold…

How can we unify the various strands of the Christian life? One helpful way is…

Is God silent? Is it true that God is hidden from most people? Why doesn’t…

Ephesians contains one of the verses that expands the purpose of God’s redemptive work beyond…

James concludes his letter by describing the act of restoration of wandering professing believers as…

Waiting on God is nothing like the waiting we are used to doing in our…

What would the ideal woman be to the modern mind? The picture painted in the…

Everywhere we hear the mantra, “Don’t judge!” James helps us to understand exactly what kind…

The climax of James’ book is his invitation for both believers and unbelievers to come…

Why do we so often repeat destructive behaviour that seems to make sense to us?

Brother Lawrence learnt, and taught, the secret of communing with God. His classic, “Practicing the…

From the 16th century came the cry “Truth is Immortal” from an unlikely, and still…

In the 20th century, A.W. Tozer stands apart as a man who vigorously opposed the…

Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s short life stands testimony to what may happen if we seek after…

George Muller of Bristol stands as a testimony of what happens when we take God…

Like a safety instructor, James shows us the three dangers of the tongue: its disproportionate…

If God has extended a universal welcome to all, how should Christian treat others of…

In the midst of rebellion and rejection all round, how does God respond? How does…

How should we discern God’s will and make decisions? Ecclesiastes has much of the answer.

The Lord knows we suffer from spiritual entropy. His restoration of Simon Peter from discouraged…

How do we turn hearing God’s Word into obeying God’s Word? How do we remember…

How should we approach God’s Word when we read it or hear it? James tells…

The kind of priest who can represent us to God needed to be sinless, sworn-in,…

Our only hope for reconciliation with God is if we have a mediator who is…

Why did the Incarnation need to take place? The writer of Hebrews explains much of…

Being rich or poor has both its spiritual liabilities and advantages. James wishes us to…

The pilgrim church ought to be different in how it experiences creation.

Disagreement in marriage is inevitable. It need not turn into sinful conflict.

What are the biblical roles of a wife?

The role of a husband in marriage is to lovingly lead with understanding.

Marriage is more than a contract – it is a covenant.

Though dating was unknown in biblical times the Bible still has much to teach us…

What does Scripture say about singleness?

Does the Bible have a vision for biblical womanhood and godly femininity?

What is masculinity according to Scripture?

The ultimate glory of Heaven is the very presence of God Himself.

Some see holiness and strange and sin as normal. Heaven is where holiness is normal,…

Heaven will be all the joys of human community, without the sin that stains it…

What will we do in Heaven? The Bible offers us glimpses into our activity in…

Heaven is more than a state of being. Heaven is a place- and will be…

Does being ‘heavenly-minded’ make us of no earthly good?

Does God see any difference between evildoers and the righteous? Is there any point to…

How should a Christian treat God’s creation?

Do Christians rob God if they do not give 10% of their income to Him?…

Understanding the faithfulness of God is what leads to faithful marriages, and faithfulness to God…

How do we explain the rampant hypocrisy and moral failure of professing spiritual leaders?

David experienced rest for his soul, the kind that Jesus promised in Matthew 11. What…

All of life is to be part of loving God. Marriage, too, is to be…

What would you want written on your tombstone? Enoch’s life was summarised with the words,…

God’s deep humbling of Himself will also bring the greatest exaltation.

What is the one attribute which God does not need, and yet God appears to…

The visit of the Magi demonstrates that God’s grace comes to all, first in general…

What is the deep and rich resource of the godly man?

Romans 6 describes the dynamic through which a Christian can change, and it is radically…

What we so often see as obstacles to change are actually the opportunities to change.

Why do some Christians seem to change so little over so much time? Two Scriptures,…

Not only must we consider the importance of choices and understand our motives, to change…

Why should we do what we do in the Christian life? A rather obscure passage…

Every Christian ought to be interested in change. Fundamental to change is a right understanding…

Why do we keep running from God? In an attempt to hide ourselves from Him,…

Is the Christian to keep Sabbath? How should we understand the Fourth Commandment in light…

The first of the Ten Commandments is the foundation for them all: that only one…

No matter what we seek to do, time will defeat us. One man had found…

Eucatastrophe was Tolkien\’s word for a catastrophe that turns to victory at the very last…

What is a false disciple? Judas is one of the best description of someone ‘almost…

Does God care about the amount we give, or the proportion with which we give?