"We'll go with you". Not always the wise thing to say, for even the best can be misguided and to go with them would be a mistake. On the other ... Read more

p>"Even those who challenge God escape". There are those who deliberately flout God's laws and seem to get away with it. As Malachi said, 'the evildoers prosper', whilst those who ... Read more

"Why this waste? ". The disciples confused hoarding with saving, and using with wasting, when they made this unkind remark about the woman who poured her flask of costly fragrant ... Read more

"too wonderful". The Psalmist cannot find words that adequately describe the Lord and what He has done for him. First, he tries to describe how the Lord knows all about ... Read more

"I am better off dead than alive". Have you ever heard such nonsense? - and from a prophet of the Lord, too! Yet Jonah has not been the last to ... Read more

"now they have no excuse for their sin". Modern translations use the word 'excuse' for cloak or covering. Jesus is teaching that His coming swept away any excuse man felt ... Read more

"and increasing in the knowledge of God". The Christian life is a progression and ever moving forward. Not least in this advance is an increase in the knowledge of God. ... Read more

"they came to Elim". The place called Elim to which the children of Israel came shortly after they left Egypt in what was to be 40 years' wandering in the ... Read more

rehearse the matter before Him when you come in prayer. Neither does it mean that our heavenly Father will give us what we need without having to ask Him. In ... Read more

"in him we live, and move, and have our being". Our every breath is given by Him! Many would like to pursue a course through life independent of Him. Yet ... Read more