
Meditation on the Mediator
The Mediator Christ Jesus No politician campaigns on the promise of poverty for all! The plan is to eradicate poverty. Yet there are outstanding models of morality, which deliberately reject […]
Reformed Thought for Christian Living
The Mediator Christ Jesus No politician campaigns on the promise of poverty for all! The plan is to eradicate poverty. Yet there are outstanding models of morality, which deliberately reject […]
One of the parables of Jesus which has always perplexed me is that of the Unjust Manager in Luke 16:1-15. Taken on its own, the parable seems to justify unjust […]
Don’t lead your brother into sin Paul tells us in Romans 14:13, “to never put a stumbling block or hinderance in the way of a brother”. That’s sound advice, as […]
A Reflection on 2 Peter 3:1-4 It has been estimated that increase in technical knowledge is growing so rapidly that the knowledge we have now will be replaced in 7 […]
So Much Better Than Pride Like many who read this, I grew up in an era, that was quite different from the present day. Looking back over nine decades, I […]
One of the figures in the book of Job who has always been something of a mystery is Elihu. He first comes onto the scene quite late in the book, […]
DON’T TRIVIALISE DEATH I do not fear death. There are reasons why I would welcome it, but I definitely have no thought of ending my present life. I want all […]
The Gift Christmas, it’s coming round again. Father Time’s ever-spinning carousel has almost completed another revolution and all the signs are here. People around the planet are gathering like minions […]
As a pastor, I always found preaching at Christmas more difficult than I perhaps should have. Most of the preachable material comes from just four chapters: Matthew 1-2 and Luke […]
All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Edward Perronet (1780) 1. All hail the power of Jesus’ name!Let angels prostrate fall;bring forth the royal diademand crown him Lord of all. […]
Amazing Grace John Newton (1779) 1. Amazing grace! How sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now […]
1. O worship the King, all glorious above, O gratefully sing His power and His love– Our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendour, and girded with […]
Rock of Ages Augustus Toplady (1776) 1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee; let the water and the blood, from thy riven side which […]
Low in the grave he lay, Jesus my Saviour, waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord! Refrain: Up from the grave he arose; with a mighty triumph o’er his foes; […]
Meditation on a Hymn – God Moves in a Mysterious Way God moves in a mysterious wayhis wonders to perform;he plants his footsteps in the sea,and rides upon the storm. […]
Be Thou My Vision 1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art. Thou my best thought, by day […]