"this is the promise … even eternal life". It is the greatest promise of all - it grasps a prize beyond the grave and places it in the heart of those who make Jesus Lord. Because it is God's promise, it conveys real hope to the hearts of those who believe it. All who do, ... Read more

"Faithful are the wounds of a friend". Sometimes it is necessary to wound in order to heal: this is notably so in the case of surgery when the surgeon makes an incision to remove diseased tissue. It is also true in the things of the Spirit. Our waywardness and refusal to listen and obey the ... Read more

"But you were unwilling to go up". It was a contest between God's word and the Israelites' reasoning. They listened to the gloomy report of the majority of the spies. Their minds operated on an earthly level and did not take into account that the God who had brought them so mightily out of Egypt's ... Read more