There is a Pharisee in every one of us! We see how that shows. We see what Jesus says about it. We see how unclean Pharisees can be made clean!…

This passage of scripture is remarkable in so many ways. It describes the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in great detail from the point of view of those who…

The story of Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus with expensive perfumed ointment is one of the most beautiful in the gospels. Yet, while there is harmony between Mary and Jesus,…

We see that the Normal Christian Life is one in which we are filled with the Holy Spirit. Then we find out how to be and stay filled with the…

There is a complete change of gear between Isaiah chapters 1-39 and then chapters 40-66. We look at chapters 38,39 to find out why that is. We see that Isaiah…

What do you do when no one can help you and you can't help yourself? This situation comes to us all sooner or later. Have we practised our emergency drill…

In the past our country had a broadly Christian consensus when it came to institutions and individuals deciding what was right or wrong. That sure foundation is gone. What has…

Isaiah describes from the inside the suffering of the church, those faithful to the LORD, during the time of Assyrian oppression. There is alienation, frustration and resignation. But suffering ends.…

Do we think about what it means to have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us? Paul describes the normal Christian life as being 'in the Spirit' as opposed to being…

Godless King Ahaz presided over an ungodly Judah. Isaiah and those who feared the LORD lived in that society. We look at what it was like for them and draw…