Luke 16 brings together two parables, one is the story of a shrewd manager who is identified at first as dishonest but ends up commended. The second story tells us the fate of a rich man and the beggar who lived at his gate. Both parables are unique to Luke. Sandwiched between them is some… Continue reading Reckoning
Category: Bible Study
Draw Closer
What would you do if you won the lottery? Maybe you’re wanting to say to me “but Dave that’s gambling I’d never play it.” I did know of some Christians who used to write down their numbers every week and they would sit in front of the TV to see if they guessed it right,… Continue reading Draw Closer
Preaching through a Gospel – going large
I thought it might be worth saying something about approaching a preaching and teaching series through a Gospel. There are a few ways in which you can do this. You can choose to approach the whole book like you might do other books of the Bible and work through passage by passage, alternatively you can… Continue reading Preaching through a Gospel – going large
How not to argue for more Bible reading
I’ve just read one of those worthy articles about how none of us read our Bibles enough because we all are living under misapprehensions. It then throws out a number of muddled and at best partially accurate claims. I’m just going to deal with one of the claims here. The author declares that we see… Continue reading How not to argue for more Bible reading
The troubling of Herod
This weekend is often associated with the feast of Epiphany, the culmination of Christmas and the wisemen’s journey to Bethlehem. We spend so much time these days pointing out that they were not kings and we don’t know if there were three of them that we can miss out on the things the text in… Continue reading The troubling of Herod
Infant of Mary … Offspring of Eve
One of my mum’s favourite carols was the lesser known “Child in the manger”. It’s set to the same tune as “Morning has broken”. Child in the manger, infant of Mary,outcast and stranger, Lord of all!Child who inherits all our transgressions,all our demerits on him fall. Once the most holy child of salvationgentle and lowly… Continue reading Infant of Mary … Offspring of Eve
Worthy – Christmas and the tale of two sons
A downloadable pdf -e-book version of this is available here Where the lost things go Jesus tells three parables about lost things in Luke 15. First, he describes a sheep lost out in the darkness, away from the rest of the flock. The shepherd leaves 99 behind to go and find the one that is… Continue reading Worthy – Christmas and the tale of two sons
Someone is Worthy
As the prodigal son set off on his journey home, he kept rehearsing the little speech he had prepared. “Dad, I’ve done you wrong and I’ve sinned against God too. I’m not worthy to be your son anymore, please take me back as one of your hired workers.” Someone was looking out for him. His… Continue reading Someone is Worthy
Rare words: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence
In recent weeks I’ve been enjoying a conversation with author Andrew Bartlett on complementarianism and egalitarianism. I picked up the other day that he has also put some work into another conversation on the subject, this time with YouTuber Mike Winger. Just on 1 Timothy 2, Mike Winger apparently spent a year researching the subject… Continue reading Rare words: Absence of evidence and evidence of absence
People Matter: God’s safe and satisfied people
This is a written version of my sermon from last Sunday on Nehemiah 7-8. In the early parts of Nehemiah, one theme seems to get hammered home “walls are important.” If you are trying to put together kids clubs activities, that can become a challenge. There are only so many different ways you can build… Continue reading People Matter: God’s safe and satisfied people
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