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United with Christ: The Word, the Table, and the Church

The other means of grace highlight our union with Christ too. Think of the Lord’s Supper. There, Paul tells us that when we drink the cup at the Lord’s table, we participate in the blood of Christ. And the bread that we break—it is a participation in the body of…

Joy Outweighing Fear: The Transformative Power of Jesus

Another time in the New Testament that we read this phrase “great joy” is in what the angels say to the shepherds. And interestingly, it’s also said in the context of fear. “Do not be afraid,” the angel says to the shepherds, “I bring you good news that will cause…

Faith Over Fear: The Joy that Outweighs Anxiety

The book of Proverbs speaks of the fear of man, which lays a snare, which is counterpoised with trusting in the Lord being safe (Proverbs 29:25). The Lord Jesus rebuked His disciples for their fear when they feared for their lives in the storm: “Why are you afraid? O you…

Previously in Matthew: The Road to the Cross

As Matthew covers things, there’s been a plot against the Lord Jesus—this being a betrayal of the Lord Jesus. He’s eating a last meal with his disciples, and yet they’ve denied him, deserted him, and abandoned him. He has become overwhelmed with sorrow in the Garden of Gethsemane. He’s been…

Christ-Centered Living: The Fulfilment of Scripture and Our Response

Take Genesis 22, for example. If I hear this in the ‘it’s all about you’ kind of way— “Abraham was asked to give up Isaac, and if I approach that reading thinking,  Genesis 22 is about what God is asking me to give up, just like he asked Abraham to…

Odds & Ends From Priscilla & Aquila in Romans 16

Look at verse 4. Another amazing thing about them is that they risked their lives for Paul. ‘And not only I,’ Paul says, ‘but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.’ They also risked their lives for Paul and the churches. We don’t know exactly what Paul is…

Christian, Jesus Won’t Let You Go

If you are part of God’s church, then Jesus promises that no one can snatch you from his hand: ‘My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.’ (John 10:29). ‘If you confess with…

Easter Sunday Good News Service, 5pm

There will be special Good News Service all about the Resurrection of Christ on the 23rd (Easter Sunday) at 5pm, in AP. We will be singing well known Easter hymns, we will pray, and read the Bible with the resurrection in mind, and listen to a sermon all about Jesus…

Quick Thought: Theology Must Shape Our Lives and Practice

That truth should work itself out in our theology. It needs to shape how we apply every bit of theology we learn. If you are ever learning doctrine, and it doesn’t work itself out in your life or change the way you live, then you’re not doing doctrine properly—you’ve not…