Part 23
21 Jul 2021
John 1:1-3. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him. and without him was not anything made that was made.... continue reading...
Part 22
14 Jul 2021
Matthew 25:14—30. Jesus tells a story where a businessman is about to go on a long journey, so he called his servants together and entrusted them with some of his money that they may conduct business on his behalf while he is away.... continue reading...
Part 21
07 Jul 2021
Matthew 14:13-21. Jesus feeds the 5000. This passages has, for me, been life transformational stuff. There’s so much in this passage that simply blows the mind. I think, and have probably said before, that we can become so familiar with scripture and its events and the stories about those events, that we can become deaf to its words.... continue reading...
Part 20
01 Jul 2021
Matthew 6:1-8. Religion stinks. It is a stench that rises to the throne of God and brings forth His wrath, meriting His judgement. Religion is so repugnant because it is the flesh masquerading as righteousness and worship of God.... continue reading...
Part 19
23 Jun 2021
Matthew 5:27-30. Deep breath… I’m going to need to take this slow, this is a hard, biting passage of scripture. Jesus lays out here a challenge that can’t be ducked, dodged, or evaded in any way.... continue reading...
Part 18
16 Jun 2021
Matthew 5:21-26. This is hallmark Sermon on the Mount stuff this, Jesus’ classic “you have heard it said, now I say to you” statements. Reading this time though, it feels like Jesus has really pulled a bait and switch on His hearers as well as on us.... continue reading...
Part 17
09 Jun 2021
Matt 5:14-16. “You are the light of the world” Jesus here uses the idiom of light to convey to us something of who we are to be, and as a result, how we ought to live in the world. There are two specific aspects of light that He draws upon in order to make His point, light seen from a distance (the city on the hill), and light seen in close proximity (the lamp set on a stand).... continue reading...
Part 16
02 Jun 2021
Matthew 5:13. “You are the salt of the earth” The immediate and obvious implication of salt here is with regards to taste and flavour. Salt enhances the flavour of everything you add it to.... continue reading...
Part 15
26 May 2021
Matthew 5:2-12. A little license if you would permit me. Blessed are the poor in spirit for the know that no good thing dwells in their flesh Blessed are those that mourn as a result of their spiritual condition, as well as at the spiritual, emotional, physical, and financial damage that come as symptoms of sins’ wreckage Blessed are the meek for they continually refuse to indulge the prideful deeds of the flesh Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for t...... continue reading...
Devotional Part 14
19 May 2021
Matthew 7:13-14. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it as many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.... continue reading...