Honouring God

The message last night was from Mal 1:6-11, challenging verses from the prophet Malachi to the people of Israel about their lack of honour of God. Honouring those above us (respecting, revering, listening to, looking up to, serving and being obedient to in submission)...

A maskil for learning

The superscription at the start of Psalm 89 tells us that it is a ‘maskil’ of Ethan the Ezrahite. We don’t know much about these literary or musical terms, but it is true that all of Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching (2 Tim...

Somewhere in the middle…

Psalm 89, written by Ethan the Ezrahite, looks back at the events narrated in last Sunday’s sermon in 2 Samuel 7 where David receives God’s ‘no’ about building a temple for Him but gets an amazing promise about the future! The psalm looks at...

Heavenly wisdom

James 3:13-18 talks a lot about practical living and about wisdom. James starts this section by saying that if we are wise and understanding, this will be seen by the way we live (something of a recurring theme by now!) Wisdom and understanding are often linked...

Thought for the day

God needs to be the focus of both our attention and our affection.”Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you...