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.”…

That is the fear that every person who follows Jesus should have: may I not drift from Jesus. Instead, may I (verse 13) exhort my brothers, and be exhorted myself every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of…

Look at verse 22. This begins with the Lord speaking to Moses. This is the Son, who is always the mediator and the representative of the Father. He is the one who is the Word of God with a capital W. It is he, therefore, who speaks to Moses. The…

God the Father loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son. There’s a promise in John 3:16: “Whoever believes in Jesus shall not perish, but will have eternal life.” Why not choose eternal life instead of eternal hell? Or John 3:17— why not remember that…

Look at verse 4. The writer to the Hebrews says, “Struggle against sin; you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.” He’s just been telling them about Jesus. Jesus endured opposition from cities up to the point of shedding his blood on the cross. “He is…

That’s why you have all these pictures in the Bible of what baptism is like. It’s like walking into the Red Sea, chased by your enemies, and coming out the other side of life with your enemies defeated. It’s like walking into a flooded earth but being rescued in the…

In the garden of Eden, the Lord showed us that he was willing to dwell with us. But then we sinned, and we were cast out of his presence; so much so that there was judgement-fire cutting us off from him. That has actually been played out in the whole…

Jesus says, “your sins are forgiven”. Perhaps you think “Only God can forgive sin, and Jesus is only a man.” Well, he’s challenging your perception of what authority he has. Jesus has authority to clear out the temple, and he has the authority to forgive sins, because he is Lord…