Should I be afraid?

There is a lot of talk in Christianity about fear. In fact one of the most repeated commands in the Bible is ‘do not fear’ or ‘do not be afraid’. Paul writes to Timothy, explaining to him that ‘God did not give you a spirit of fear!’, therefore do not be afraid! How then do …

By grace we rest, by grace we work

It takes faith to keep the Sabbath. We need faith that God is going to look after our work while we rest. He is in control and never grows weary. We need faith that God’s timing is right. As Gandalf said a wizard is never late nor is he early. Sometimes we are tempted to …

The “Ungodly” fear of God

In Proverbs we are told that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom! This is very true. Having a godly fear of Him who created you, will spur you towards holiness, right decisions and yes, wisdom! Even when we sin, a holy fear of God’s wrath will draw us to the Saviour who …

When in trouble…

Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. These are the simple words of James 5:13. As Christians, it's good to be aware of the various self-help strategies. But I think, oftentimes, God will let us be in a place where no amount of self-help will help. Where no amount of strategic thinking, leadership …

Propoganda – Cynical

I recently read a BBC news article that says they’re banning Fairytale of New York on the radio...(or at least their ‘radio 1’, and they’ll play a censored version). Because ‘young listeners were particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality’. I’m not really one to engage in the so called ‘Culture Wars’, especially …

Identification with Christ

One of the things I feel being lead into at the moment, in my walking with God, is the theme of identification with Christ. I feel I have only scratched the surface and so this post won’t do justice to the work I think God wants to do in me. It was a couple of …