"go and learn". Some things cannot be appreciated all at once - the truth of them has to sink in or be wrought out in everyday life. Christian faith is an experience not a theorem. Its truth must be taught as a precept but one that needs to be put into practice. Jesus could raise ... Read more

"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised". The more you get acquainted with the Lord, the more you desire to praise Him. Drawing near to God brings an awareness of the awe and wonder of His presence. In heaven the Lord is surrounded by the praise and adoration of a heavenly host. On ... Read more

"If the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? ". A question asked in all sincerity by a servant of the Lord who was genuinely perplexed. A question only dared to be voiced because Gideon thought he spoke to a man, not an angel - yet the better for being voiced. ... Read more

"this man really is the Saviour of the world". Many may have offered to get this woman out of the mess into which she had fallen: but they were not able even if sincere. Maybe some were even evil in their intentions. Now she had found the Saviour of the world and it was making ... Read more

"The Lord sends poverty and wealth". Two extremes that most of us shun. Poverty is most unpleasant and especially so to those who have known plenty. Wealth is a rather precarious situation - it does not procure the things in life that matter and it brings responsibility that none but a few can properly manage. ... Read more

"if I build again the things which I destroyed". The edifice of sin and rebellion that the selfish heart has erected, sometimes over many years, can be destroyed in a moment. But given time the same evil designs can reappear again. Destroying the works of the Devil does not eradicate his desire to regain a ... Read more

"They all asked, 'Are you then the Son of God? ' ". Some may have asked by way of jest: the religious leaders who apprehended Jesus would be sarcastic. For others it was something to say and none of them really knew the importance of what was taking place. But they all asked: it was ... Read more

"The report I heard … is true". In a society where so-called spin-doctors distort or even deny the truth, it is difficult to know what to believe. Such was the report that reached the ears of the Queen of Sheba that she did not believe it. But her curiosity was aroused and she discovered that ... Read more

"you are precious and honoured in my sight". This is God's word regarding His chosen people of Israel and we know it is the regard He has for all who receive the salvation offered through His Son. In the Book of Revelation we read of the Bride, the Lamb's wife, having a brilliance like that ... Read more

"The bridegroom was a long time in coming". It is two thousand years since Jesus spoke these words in His Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. All these years God the Father is preparing a Bride - the church of Christ - for His Son. Few would have thought the advent of the bridegroom ... Read more