Hope and rescue is more important and harder than creating the Universe so one quarter of Genesis is given to the story of Joseph which pre-figures the rescue that Jesus…
The Messiah had been promised since Adam and Eve had first sinned. Simeon had been told that he would live long enough to see the Messiah. When he held the…
Is there anything big enough to satisy the aspirations and deepest longings of all the world? In Christ Gentile Ephesians and twenty-first century UK residents have been brought near. The…
The Bible is God's self-revelation and tells us what we must do to be reconciled to him. When we are reconciled it is our moral compass. To the New Testament…
Universalism was condemned by the Early Church but is again popular. The New Testament especialyy Jesus speaks of hell as real and terrible. Universalism undermines our zeal to reach the…
The only way of salvation is through God's grace and faith in Jesus. The dying thief could offer no works but was saved by asking Jesus for mercy. We have…
We think that being like God would be about power but it is about perfection. We settle for so little. Paul helps us to see what being God-like would be…
Scripture contains passages which warn us and those which assure us. Warning passages are God's gift to the church to keep trusting, his way of keeping us safe. We must…
Adam did nothing when Eve was tempted by the devil. Jesus fought the devil and won. He would not use his human hunger as an excuse to abuse his divine…
This talk was given in 2 parts. There is a 10 second pause around 20 minutes. The Reformers stressed that we are spiritually bankrupt but we don't have to pay…