28th October PM – 2 Peter 1

John Calvin said that although God saves us by faith alone, yet the faith that saves is not alone. The mercies and graces of God are not deserved by anyone, and yet their presence in a person’s life will make a difference in how they live. There is no contradiction in saying that we are…

30th September PM – Luke 10 v 17ff

There are many roles in the Church of God, and different people have different gifts to exercise. God empowers His people to do great things for Him, and to live renewed lives by His supernatural grace. And yet here in this passage Christ shows us that the greatest cause for joy for Christians young and…

26th August PM – Mark 4

In the parable of the sower, Christ illustrates four responses to the Gospel and offers a sober warning for Christians to test themselves and see which soil they are. But the same parable also brings out the beauty of the Gospel, and its life-giving declaration of freedom from sin and reconciliation with God. 26th August…

18th March PM – 1 Peter 4

Far from only being about ‘pie in the sky’ or the next life, the gospel that is preached is the answer to man’s ultimate question: what is the point of it all? What is the end to which we are to live? The answer cannot be found apart from God, and God cannot be found…

25th February PM – 1 Peter 4

In the first six verses of this chapter, Peter describes how Christians should behave. But this is not just a series of do’s and don’ts; rather there is a backdrop of God’s graciousness and a memory of his ever-present faithfulness.

Judgement and Blessing (Amos 9)

After stark and plain pronunciations of terrible judgments to come, Amos ends with a beautiful promise of abundant blessing. How are we to understand this blessing? Is it literal, or did it point to a greater fulfillment in our day? And how does this tension of judgment and blessing manifest in our day and age…