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If you want to know how good a children’s Bible is, see what they do with Genesis 6-9. That’s my wife’s advice and I think it’s wise! It is amazing how many people can make a cute story about fluffy animals out of a horrific account of man’s sin and God’s judgment. We reach a…

“This was the nerve the serpent had touched in Eden, to make even Paradise appear an insult” (Derek Kidner). If you ever find yourself thinking, ‘God must be holding something back from me’, you are not alone. God had given the most amazing place to live, and yet, the devil crept up and whispered a…

There is a war going on for your mind. What will you fill it with? As we head into a new year, it’s a great time to think about good habits to get into. One of the most important habits is reading God’s life giving word. The five day Bible reading plan is a great…

What will satisfy you in 2026? What are your hopes and dreams? It’s not wrong to have ambitions, but it helps if we’re realistic! We can’t be whatever we want to be, we do have limitations and there are frustrations that we cannot avoid! Just think about those times you set out to do a…

What have you experienced this year that has made you think—this isn’t the way it should be? Maybe it’s frustrations with weather, a farm accident, a painful diagnosis, an ongoing struggle with you or a family member’s physical or mental health. Bodies shouldn’t be so vulnerable, relationships shouldn’t be so fragile, losses shouldn’t be this…

The first time I got Covid was when we were visiting my sister in England. After I had served my time in isolation, I began going on walks to get some exercise. On one occasion, a ferocious dog came running towards me, I had a slight panic, until I saw the chain! After this I…

What are you looking forward to in the New Year? Maybe it’s a holiday, or a wedding. Maybe you’re not looking forward to anything in particular, in fact maybe you’re dreading something. If you’re a Christian, no matter whether you are married or single, you have something wonderful to look forward, in fact you have…

As we head towards a new year it’s interesting to think who will rise to the top and who will be dropped or cancelled? Or on a bigger scale, which nations will prosper and which will collapse. In Revelation 18 we see a shocking fall, a fall of something that looked so secure collapsing in…

You and I are made to worship God. He’s our loving creator, and we owe Him everything! We are called to be faithful to Him. But it’s so easy to be led astray to worship the things He has made instead of him. This is spiritual adultery. Throughout the Bible God is described as being…

So far in Revelation, we have had the 7 seals being opened and the 7 trumpets, you might remember we saw that these were describing the whole time in between Jesus’ ascension and his return. The judgment each time was limited, 1/4 (seals), 1/3 (trumpets) and all of the judgment was meant to act as…