Recently I was listening to a sermon on the two greatest commandments. The preacher pointed us back to the original command to “love your neighbour” in Leviticus 19. Something about the context caught my eye and so I’ve come back for a second look. The command is found in Leviticus 19:18. You;; notice that it… Continue reading Taking God’s name in vain and loving your neighbour
Category: Bible Study
Prodigals, Adam, Death and Resurrection (An Easter reflection)
It’s Easter Sunday and I find myself drawn back to three key things in Luke’s Gospel. First, we have the Resurrection Sunday afternoon walk on the Emmaus Road. Jesus works his way through Scripture to show that the whole account was pointing towards him and his death and resurrection. Then back in Luke 3:21-38, we… Continue reading Prodigals, Adam, Death and Resurrection (An Easter reflection)
First Look
It’s time for an annual invitation. In the run up to Easter, I like to encourage people, who may not have yet to give some time to considering the claims of Christianity and investigating who Jesus is. First Look provides an opportunity to do this through four interactive sessions looking at the life of Jesus… Continue reading First Look
God is sovereign
As we think about who God is and what He is like, we keep coming back to those two big lies we can end up believing: that either God is not good or God is not sovereign (and sometimes both). In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were presented with this twin temptation and… Continue reading God is sovereign
Christian nationalism? Desirable? Likely?
There has been much controversy, more State side than UK side, recently over the growth of something referred to as “Christian Nationalism.” Now, the variants of this we have seen have at times tended to give the impression that the focus is more on “nationalism” than the Christian bit. In other words, some (I’m not… Continue reading Christian nationalism? Desirable? Likely?
40 days in Isaiah – a Lent course
We are approaching Lent, the build up to Easter. Whilst there is no compulsion on believers to observe particular seasons, fasts and festivals, many do find it helpful to set aside specific time for prayer, reflection and study. Last year I put together a series of readings and studies working through Isaiah as a potential Lent course. You… Continue reading 40 days in Isaiah – a Lent course
Faith at work, teaching James
Over the past couple of months I’ve been sharing my teaching notes for the Epistle of James. You can now read it all in one place via the latest Faithroots’ E-Book All of the resources on Faithroots are available free of charge to help make theological resources accessible to as many as possible, particularly those… Continue reading Faith at work, teaching James
Life Together
Reading James will also remind us of the corporate dimension to our faith. This is not a letter to be read and applied individually in the privacy of your own home. I should apply what it says to my own life but I should also, all the more, see it as something written for whole… Continue reading Life Together
The wedding day
Faithroots Podcast on Revelation 21-22
Self Examination
Far from sitting in contradiction to the rest of the New Testament, particularly Paul’s epistles, the letter of James can be seen to compliment and flesh out both Paul’s teaching and that of Jesus. James offers us a vision of the practical Christian life with obedience to God flowing out of and demonstrating our faith… Continue reading Self Examination
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