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We live near a beautiful valley, and a beautiful lake. Sometimes in the morning there is a beautiful mist that hangs over the valley. The lake can completely disappear under it. But within an hour of the sun coming up and it’s normally gone. God says, your life is like that (James 4:14). It’s so…

Refusing to listen to God’s Word is nothing new! It started in the garden of Eden and has continued to this day. In Jeremiah 25 we see that the refusal of God’s people will lead to exile. God’s people will lose their land. We are told that by not listening to God, they have provoked…

The fact that we are justified by faith alone has been a hallmark of the reformation. Errors crept into the church so that people believed they had to earn their salvation. Such teaching puts a terrible burden on people, for they never know if they have done enough to be saved. The glorious truths that…

We tend to think independence is a good thing. We train our children to do things for themselves and be independent. But in our striving for independence, we often forget that we are all totally dependent on God! Without His sustaining, we could not take our next breath. The problem stems back to Adam and…

God warns His people of terrible judgment for their sin. The shock in Jeremiah 14 is that false prophets are directly contradicting God’s Word and saying “everything is going to be ok.” They give the people what they want to hear, they deny the need for repentance, they promise peace, cheap grace. You can imagine…

When my mum was dying with cancer in her 40’s some people promised that if we had enough faith God would heal her. I’ve experienced people suggesting similar things about my son. How do you respond? Maybe you’re longing that the Lord would heal you and wondering is it that you lack faith? 2 Corinthians…

No one has a bad word to say about him, he is such a nice man, and he always says lovely heart warming things from the pulpit. The problem is, he is preaching a different Jesus, but it’s such a lovely message, it’s hard to spot. It seems so inclusive, and it’s so heart warming…

God will accept me, I’ve been baptised, I go to church and I take Communion. God will accept me, I go to a church that takes the Bible really seriously. God will accept me, I read my Bible and say my prayers every day. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of the people…

What are you like at waiting? It can be hard, especially in an instant culture like ours. And yet, there can be something good about waiting, building expectation. Do you remember going to develop a film?! For the benefit of younger readers, in the olden days, cameras were not digital! We would take our little…

I remember visiting a rubbish dump that people lived on. It was in Brazil, and perhaps what struck me most was the contrast between riches and poverty. Within 10 minutes there was an air conditioned shopping centre full of luxury and comfort and yet here were people with nothing but rubbish to live off. Can…