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 […]