Greetings, The author of the letter to the Hebrews – traditionally presumed to be the apostle Paul – provides deep spiritual understanding of Christ’s role in both the Melchizedek priesthood and the sacrificial system. There was an expectation … [Read more...]

Greetings, Human life is all about relationships. In the first chapters of Genesis we see a relationship between man, the creation, and his Creator. As God created the animals He brought them to Adam for him to name. They walked and talked … [Read more...]

Greetings, As the year 2016 draws to a close, it is perhaps fitting that we give some attention to the Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2016. It neatly sums up where this year has brought us and gives us an indication of what might lie … [Read more...]

We live in a perilous time today where, as Paul told Timothy, people are lovers of themselves, proud, unloving, brutal and lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, among other things. Watching these elements play out in the news isn’t very … [Read more...]

In the Lifeboat Analogies can sometimes be helpful in highlighting the reality of a situation in a memorable way. One that I personally find to be of help is the lifeboat analogy. We are afloat on a vast ocean of world disorder, religious … [Read more...]

Greetings, This week Gillian and I have been in El Paso, Texas for Jeanette Emery's memorial service. The gathering of family and friends was held the day before Thanksgiving and provided a little different window through which to view this … [Read more...]

Greetings, Have you noticed the dominant feeling amongst people in general is that of uncertainty? There are so many issues of life to which there are no clear answers. There are many unknowns. What does Brexit mean for Britain and the world? What … [Read more...]

Greetings, As we pause on this Sabbath day we can be very thankful for the true “rest” it supplies for us. This week it must surely be impressed upon God’s people how much the Kingdom of God is needed as the ruling body over this earth. God’s … [Read more...]

Greetings, Our lives have been carefully designed by an all-knowing, supremely intelligent, loving God, who is focused on His purpose. He designed and created the human mind and body for this purpose. We have been blessed to have that knowledge … [Read more...]