Christmas – a display of Trinitarian Love

At the heart of the universe is a God of love. John says specifically, "God is love." (1 John 4:16). Not loves, or has love, or became love, but is love. Now, that has a huge impact on our understanding of God. If God is love that means that God must be more than a … Continue reading Christmas – a display of Trinitarian Love

Can We Trust The Bible?

A Reliable Word? It's great to not only have faith, but to know that that faith is based on a very reliable, and authenticated word from God - the Bible. Reading responses to articles relating to Christianity in the popular press columns on the internet recently it seems that there are many who have no … Continue reading Can We Trust The Bible?

The Missing Language of Love

It's common to speak of the Five Languages of Love - physical touch, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, quality time, all good things, yet when I read them again recently it struck me that an important one was missing - boundaries. In the last fifty or so years there has been a pursuit … Continue reading The Missing Language of Love

An Authoritative Word

Picking up on last weeks post if there's one thing this generation doesn't like it's an authoritative word. That was the temptation at the beginning, the enemy putting a doubt into Adam and Eve's mind that questioned the authoritative word of God who had said "You shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge … Continue reading An Authoritative Word

The Promise of Pain

The promise of pain? Sounds a contradiction doesn't it, I mean pain, who wants it? My guess is no-one, yet it's part of life in a fallen world (even saved lives) and therefore everyone one of us experiences it in varying degrees at some time or other. Correspondingly, down through the centuries we have sought … Continue reading The Promise of Pain