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“He’s down to earth…one of us” What an amazing thing to say about our saviour! Our God is not some far off deity that we have to earn the favour of. Hebrews 2 tells us that Jesus is not ashamed to call His people “brothers”! Why is Jesus not ashamed to call us brothers? Because,…

I wonder if you have ever built a house? I imagine that you have a vision of what you want, you talk it over with the architect, wait for the planning permission, wait for the builders, wait some more…the anticipation builds, then there’s the electrician, plumber, glazer, garden! I’m sure there’s some joy when you…

What is the secret of contentment? We probably would all like to be content. Paul tells us that it’s something that can be learned (Philippians 4:11). What is the secret? Is it just having a little bit more? No. Paul tells us it’s something he learned when he was hungry as well as when he…

“I’d believe if I saw a sign” Well the people had seen 10 signs, and then the parting of the Red Sea! Bread from heaven, water from the rock, and yet when Moses is meeting with the very God who rescued them and did all these signs, they struggle to believe by faith. They need…

In Exodus 28 we see one of the privileges of the High Priest was to carry the names of the tribes of Israel before the LORD. The priests were a shadow of our great High Priest who we read about in our reading from Philippians 2. Our great High Priest left the riches of heaven…

It’s Valentine’s Day coming up, how do you think my wife would feel if I gave her a bunch of bananas instead of a bunch of flowers?! Would she congratulate me for being thrifty?! How about if I you that Dorothy really dislikes bananas?! It doesn’t matter that I love them and think they make…

One of the things I love about the Psalms is that they show us the heart of Jesus. The writer of the book of Hebrews tells us that “in the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers snd supplications, with loud cries and tears.” (Hebrews 5:7) Some of those prayers were undoubtedly the Psalms.…

I had my first driving experience when I was about 4, my mum had let me play in her Renault 4. She was in the house washing her hair over the bath. I was being Nigel Mansell, but then the car actually starting moving! I had let the handbrake off in my excitement. The car…

“The heart of the problem is the human heart.” That’s a line in the really helpful Christianity Explored course, but it’s a great description of God’s people in Exodus. God has rescued them out of Egypt through 10 plagues, then they panicked when Pharaoh chased after them, but God rescued them through the Red Sea,…

Why doesn’t he just give up?! Surely by now he knows who the LORD is and that he can’t beat him. Surely after 10 times of showing His power, Pharaoh should come and say with the Philippian jailer “what must I do to be saved?” And yet, pharaoh is still trying to resist the sovereign…