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A couple of months ago, I got to speak on John 16 in our congregation.  While it is possible to preach on the whole chapter, I generally prefer to select a smaller selection from the chapter and preach on that. In this instance, I spoke about the purpose for which the Holy Spirit came. Enjoy. ... [More]

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I came across this comment on this thread.  I’ve come across it a bit recently, so I thought I’d post on it here. "I am a seeker of truth and if you have the truth I will get to it eventually but if you are in possesion [sic] of the truth why have you attempted to disprove my thoughts ... [More]

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Below is how George Muller recorded he determined the will of the Lord: I seek at the beginning to get my heart into such a state that it has no will of its own in regard to a given matter.  Nine-tenths of the trouble with people generally is just here.  Nine-tenths of the difficu... [More]

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Logos 4.0 hit the streets today.  So what is it like? I like it. A lot.  Here are just a few reasons why. Welcome home In the old Logos 3 days the user experience paradigm that was offered by Logos and other vendors was very much the same – sure there are feature differences &ndash... [More]

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Our reading group is currently reading Henry Scougals “The life of God in the soul of man”. This is a remarkable book, which I recommend every follower of Jesus Christ read. Col 3:1-4 says “If then you’ve been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right h... [More]

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In this Psalm David has in mind those who are working against him to topple him from the throne. He asks of them "How long will all of you attack a man to batter him, like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?" The great contrast is firstly in where David is saying this from - a position of strength and secondly where these attackers are coming from - a position of misunderstanding about the world they live in [More]

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A few months ago, I began memorizing scripture – I started with Psalm 32.  Today, I had the opportunity to take what I’ve learned from memorizing and meditating on this Psalm and share it in a sermon. More...

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This follows this post and this post dealing specifically with Jehovah’s witnesses. Both Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses have been brainwashed thoroughly.  The secret to this brainwashing is not only their different translations of the Bible, but the additional church sanctio... [More]

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This post follows my previous one which focuses on who Jesus claimed and demonstrated himself to be. Why does the New World translation take pains to switch words? Obeisance rather than worship (Matt 14:25-33, Luke 24:52, Matt 28:16-17, John 9:35-39)?  Nobody uses the word Obeisance ... [More]

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A couple of nights ago, I went to see a couple from our church to talk with them about a Jehovah's Witness friend they have who has been trying to convert them to their church (or rather their cult or religion). We talked at some length and looked at a number of scriptures and I thought I might record some of what we talked about here. [More]

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The story of David and Bathsheba is well known, but not known well enough.  We will often read it and not really check our own hearts as we ought and so we dont always take out everything that we can. Last weekend we went through this in our church and while we covered what God thinks of adult... [More]

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If you are saved by Gods grace through the justification that is given by trusting Jesus Christ for salvation – how do you describe your conversion? [More]

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The term “mastering the Bible” is a hat tip to a very good little book by James Grey called “How to Master the English Bible”. Which while it is a difficult book to purchase, it is a little book well worth purchasing. [More]

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Devotional reading is purposeful reading that is focused on allowing scripture to help us interact with the Lord. This is well described by George Muller of Bristol [More]

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There are several ways to read the Bible that I’ve used over the years and there may be others that you can think of, but in the next few posts I’m going to explore a few of thee and where and when I’ve used them – and where you might like to use them too. The first of these I’m calling “hunger based” [More]

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