Luke 9:46-48 — “Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me…for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.” The disciples were arguing over which one of them should be the greatest in the Messianic Kingdom. Their idea of greatness was shaped by the world around them and by…
Hebrews 2:12-13 — “…I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will put my trust in him.” In this lesson we think about how the writer quotes Psalm 22 in these verses. We go back to the Psalm and see the Messiah’s suffering and…
Luke 9:43-45 — “Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them…” Jesus told His disciples plainly that He was going to die and yet they didn’t understand. This was because the meaning…
Nehemiah 13:1-9 — After completing the wall Nehemiah was required to report back to the Persian king. When he returned to Jerusalem he discovered that the High Priest had entered into an alliance with a man who had opposed the rebuilding work, and that man was now living in the Temple! Nehemiah was sorely grieved…
Proverbs 25:14 — “Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.” As our region experiences a long dry spell, the image in this proverb is on that has become all too familiar. We have seen many clouds appear in the sky with the promise of rain but then dissipate…
Hebrews 2:10b-11 — “For it became him…to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” In this sermon we learn about the connection that Jesus’ suffering has to our suffering and to our growth in holiness. When we suffer Christ is both with us and at work in us drawing us closer to God and making…
I Timothy 1:9-10 — Critics of the traditional Christian view of homosexuality will sometimes raise the issue of slavery. They will endeavour to highlight the inconsistency of rejecting what the Bible says about slavery while affirming what it says about homosexuality. How do we deal with this objection? Is it valid? What does the Bible…
Exodus 13:17-22 — And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near…” When the Children of Israel were finally set free, why didn’t the LORD lead them via the most direct route to the land of…
Genesis 34 — How do we as Christians respond to the #MeToo movement that is exposing sexual harassment and assault in many parts of society? If anything, it should cause us to turn the spotlight on ourselves. We ought to examine our behaviour, what we’re teaching our children and what we’re modelling in front of them.…
I Timothy 1:8-11 — “But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully…” What is the Christian’s relationship to the Old Testament Law? What is the proper use of the Law in our proclamation of the Gospel? What role does it play in our growth and progress in the Christian life?…