2015/03 Jesus Christ - Chief Cornerstone When describing His church, one metaphor the Lord uses is that of a building. An example of this is found in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians when he speaks of “all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord” (Ephesians 2:21). This building, the

We may lift up our hands, and even our voices, out of a sense of duty; and yet.... our hearts may not delight in God.              

2015/05 Faith “This is his commandment that we should  believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ” 1 John 3:23 Receiving necessarily supposes giving. God has given his only begotten Son and whosoever believes on Him “should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Saving faith believes on Him, as God gifts and

While His body was placed in the earth it could not remain there. He rose bodily from Joseph’s tomb and did what no one else had done.

2015/07 God's Great Love Love is not just something that God has, it is what God is. It is His very nature. So then, the Father is love, the Son is love and the Holy Spirit is love. We know that God is also light (1 John 1:5). Light speaks of everything that is the

Prayer is the life of real religion. It proves the existence and tests the condition of our spiritual life. As a true barometer of the soul, it reflects the state of the heart.

2015/07 Thank-you Mr Raikes! I  suspect that at your Sunday School last Lord’s Day, nobody thanked the Lord for Robert Raikes. I would further venture to say that the name of Robert Raikes is virtually unknown!  Yet he was the man responsible for the organisation  of Sunday Schools in 1780 and what he devised then

Worry and care are frequent lodgers in our minds and hearts. They come in uninvited and bring with them so much disorder and distress, and not infrequently, depression of spirit.

2015/09 God’s Name in Christ The name of God is seen in its brightest and best character in Jesus Christ, for he is God “manifest in the flesh” (1Timothy 3:16). Scripture often uses the word ‘name’ in reference to a person. The Psalmist said: “Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be

The Lord desires that His people live for the glory of his Name. By the power of His grace we are under His rule in Christ and can say, “O Lord our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name” (Isaiah 26:13)