The gospel of John reveals to us core truths about the Lord Jesus Christ, which we all need to know, and—more importantly—we all need to get to know the Lord Jesus Christ himself, and John’s Gospel is an ideal place to go in order to do that, because the one…

[I AM is a] name that denotes what he is in himself: ‘I am [who] I am’. This explains his name Jehovah, and signifies… That he is self-existent; he has his being of himself, and has no dependence upon any other: the greatest and best man in the world must…

Four or five years ago, a story came out about a hiker in Colorado who got lost in the mountains. Rescuers were sent to save him, and they had his phone number. They called his mobile, but he kept rejecting their calls. He assumed that—because he didn’t recognise the number—they…

In the early days of DVDs, there was a thing that happened sometimes with longer films: they would make a double-sided disc, so that you’d watch half of the film and then flip the disc over to watch the second half. I know of a couple who liked to buy…

Whether you are reading Leviticus—as we are as a church are over the next few weeks—or whether you are seeking to decide how it is you should live as a Christian, whatever it is you are doing, it has got to be focused on Jesus. That is the lesson of…

But this is the challenge for us naturally sinful human beings, we automatically hear Jesus saying, ‘By myself I can do nothing,’ and think, oh, that’s a shame; he’s making himself sound weak. Or we hear him say, ‘I judge only as I hear,’ we think, oh, he’s somehow diminishing himself; this…

Today, if you hear his voice, if you hear the voice of the Son, you have life. If you’re hearing his voice today, then you will hear his voice in the future, from your grave, you will rise from the dead, just as Jesus is risen from the dead. And…

Through the Bible, the Holy Spirit helps us travel to places. We get to be witnesses to places and people, where God wants us to go, who God wants us to see.   Now, I know you can be transported when you read any book. But it’s different with the…

One of my favourite carols—it’s not one we sing in church, it’s more of a folk carol—is Hark, Hark What News the Angels Bring, it’s one of those carols from the north of England that they used to sing around the houses, in the pubs. The old story is told…

Hebrews chapter 5, verse 1: “For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.” Verse 2: “He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.”…