"Give, and it shall be given unto you". These words are part of Jesus' 'Sermon on the Plain' - a lengthy discourse recorded for us by Luke in his Gospel. ... Read more

"if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners". Justification by faith does not allow the believer to continue in sin. If it did, ... Read more

"Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever". This was God's promise to David in relation to the accession of his son, Solomon, to the throne. It was, however, a ... Read more

"It is the Spirit who gives life". Without the Holy Spirit, the church is like a club, the Bible is antiquity and the Christian life the mere adoption of high ... Read more

"Neither did". The rot set in on the premise that if enough fall, failure is not so bad after all. Manasseh, Ephraim, Zebulun, Asher, Naphtali all joined the "neither did" ... Read more

"all my fears". Many will think they could compete with the Psalmist in the list of their fears. But it is not how many, but how terrifying your fears are. ... Read more

"Each day has enough trouble of its own". Without our adding to it, that is. Some unnecessary troubles include everybody else’s problems, troubles that threaten to break tomorrow, dreamt-up troubles, ... Read more

"bind this line of scarlet thread in the window". It's a line that ran through the Old Testament from the time that animals were slain to provide covers of skin ... Read more

"see a man who told me all things that I ever did". Something of an exaggeration? It is unlikely that Jesus told the woman at the wellside all she had ... Read more

"Moses took the bones of Joseph with him". Moses' life, like any one of our lives, was making history. He demonstrated his belief in the prophetic last words of Joseph ... Read more