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Daniel was faced with a big decision. Should he suspend his worship of the one true God for 30 days, or become a meal for some lions?

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The Babylonians are partying while conquering armies surround the city. God writes on the wall a message of judgement which Daniel is called on to interpret for them. His interpration comes true that very night. God will not be mocked for ever. Are we facing judgement soon, and on whose side will we be when that judgement falls.

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Daniel's three friends are about to face the challenge of the Fiery Furnace (Daniel 3). Faced with the choice of worshipping false gods or staying loyal to the one, true God, what does the book of Daniel teach us about who is in charge.

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Not every day is a crisis day - not even in the life of Daniel. How do we live as Christians on a normal day? The Sermon on the Mount makes two relevant statements, the first being "You are the salt of the earth".

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Not every day is a crisis day - not even in the life of Daniel. How do we live as Christians on a normal day? The Sermon on the Mount makes two relevant statements, the second being "You are the light of the world".

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Not every day is a crisis day - not even in the life of Daniel. How do we live as Christians on a normal day? The Sermon on the Mount makes two relevant statements, the second being "You are the light of the world".

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Daniel and his friends are taken to Babylon where they are put through a three year course of indoctrination to turn them from Jews to Babylonians. How will they deal with this? Will they give in and conform to the idolatrous worldview, or will they stand firm for the one, true God?

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Jerusalem v Babylon: A background to the book of Daniel.

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A meditation from a communion service, thinking on what it means to be protected by the Everlasting Arms of God in Christ's care and protection of us as Shepherd, Lord and Saviour.

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A message preached on New Year's Eve 2023 about facing the battles that believing in God, in Jesus, in the Bible will perhaps bring us in the west in the near future.

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Paul's instructions on how to live each day in a way that pleases God, living out the gospel because the gospel contains the wonder and the grace of all that God has done for us in Christ.

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Following on from what Paul says in Romans 12.1-2, we look at the what the New Testament has to say about the role of members of a church in carrying out the work of the church.

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In 1 Corinthians 12 Paul has a lot to say about how the church should function, particularly using the analogy of how the human body operates.

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In Psalm 73, Asaph, a true believer, is wrestling with this question: why do the good suffer, but the wicked prosper. That didn't conform to what he read in his Bible. And it seemed to make living God's way a totally pointless exercise. How did Asaph deal with that challenge to his faith? That's what he tells us in this Psalm.

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The gospels record that at the start of his ministry, Jesus went into the wilderness and did battle with the devil - and won. How can we win in the battles we have against the devil in out lives? By the same way as Jesus did, and primarily by letting Jesus give us his power and his word and his Holy Spirit.

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John in his first letter encourages us to be those who are overcomers - victorious soldiers in Christ's army. But how can we reach that position in our lives?

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In Isaiah 40, God asks us lots of questions about who do we think he is, what we think he can do, what can we compare him with. Through this format he is trying to get us to see that we can rely on, trust in, God, and him alone, because he is the Creator, and more than that, he is the Creator who cares for his people.

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James emphasises the Christian's need for wisdom. He reminds us that there is a true wisdom that comes from God and there are sources of wisdom that do not come from God. We also see that true wisdom is not "a thing", but is the Lord Jesus Christ, and true wisdom comes from knowing him.

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The Bible emphasises the fact that God's gift of wisdom is not a "thing", but is a "person", and that person is the Lord Jesus Christ.

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James reminds us that there are other sources of wisdom beside Christ, and each is calling for our attention and commitment. Ultimately, everything is about Christ, the true wisdom of God. .