This is how we know. Given the radical nature of Jesus call to follow, and our spiritual half-lives, how can we know we are accepted? ... Read on

His Name Is I AM. What exactly does that mean? Is this something we can know? Maybe nothing? Or everything? ... Read on

Body. Mind. Spirit. Who calls the shots?We explore why we struggle as Christians to do what we know is right. And what does Romans 7 and 8 teach us? ... Read on

Christ Has No Body Now, But Yours.How should we respond to a suffering world? Turn off the news? Focus on local? Feel helpless or hopeless? No! ... Read on

God's Radical Renewal. We all know the Jeremiah 31 verse about the new covenant written on our hearts, but maybe the rest of the chapter is just too radical for you ... Read on

God's Radical Renewal - Now It's Personal.Why should I bother trying to live as a Christian if God's love never fails, and in the end, He will make me new anyway? ... Read on

How? Jesus said some very strange things. Here is how one of them relates to you. ... Read on

A chat with John - "The moment". Our dad, Zebedee, had several fishing boats, and he had quite a few people working for him at one time. Course, he was devastated when James and I left. ... Read on

What kind of faith saves us? There are so many conflicting answers! Much has distracted us from the simplicity of the Gospel. Our Christian institutions, our denominations, our desire to systematise belief... Read on

Why do Christians make up rules? Christians love rules. If there's not a rule about something, we'll make it up. The Bible has got no rules about cinemas or smoking or the communion table cloth or countless ... Read on

Jesus gave up literally everything! Ever thought how many different things you own? What do you reckon? 600 books. 100 bits of crockery. 25 pairs socks. 20 biros? Maybe its 500, 1000, maybe 5000? But He ... Read on

God is first and foremost 'Abba'. Due to the work of the ASA you don't see them so often now, those Before and After adverts! Usually two small pictures - on the left is the flabby man, the right is the same man - but wait. What happened?! ... Read on

One Way - Jesus - Really? Ok! How? Dear Sir, I am a new Christian, but I am struggling with the claim that the only way to God is Jesus Christ. I wonder about all those sincere Buddhists, Muslims, Confucians... Read on

God gives up his rights! Remember Jeremiah? He wakes up one morning, and God says “Go visit the potter.” And at the potter's house he hears God say, 'I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you... Read on

The apostle John finally got it ... after living every day with Jesus for three years! Have you got it yet? John sees a busy crowd, pushing and shoving, shouting and laughing. Jesus sees a man alone, among the people, isolated, cut off... Read on

Jacob! What really happened at Jabbok? The situation was desperate. Jacob was more alone than he has felt for a long time. He last felt like this at Bethel where his bitter flight from home brought him, weary and in turmoil...Read on

Today's words and metaphors!Are you sharing the blessed gospel, or chatting about God's good news? Are you drawing the lost into your fellowship, or making friends? Are you preaching sanctification, or helping others live as whole people?... Read on

Did you know you're a Work In Progress? Men, do you wish you had those well defined pectorals, strong biceps, a washboard stomach? You will never become one of those muscle-bound men by eating fried breakfasts! Ladies, do ... Read on

Today, God wants to work through you! Yes, even you! The picture of God we have in the Old Testament is of one who imposes his all powerful, irresistible will on people and nations. Then Jesus comes ... Read on

The significance of Palm Sunday. Anyone could see it was getting out of hand. In recent weeks, the crowds had been getting bigger, the momentum was building, and it began to feel like a revolution...Read on

What happens when you die? A fair number of people in the church do not believe in the resurrection or hold a watered down version of it! Resurrected in spirit form, they say. Resurrected in the minds of his followers... Read on

Are you truly free or penned in by the past? The closer we look at human cell metabolism, the clearer it becomes that we are looking at biochemical machinery. Scientifically, our physical construction cannot result in freewill... Read on

The 2004 Tsunami. Why? Of all the things that differentiate us from animals, perhaps the deepest is our ability to ask “why”! For hundreds of millions of people, this last week we have been asking, "Why?" ...Read on