Cain & Abel

In our series looking at the questions God asks us, we looked today at 5 questions in Genesis 4, dealing with the story of Cain and Abel. Here, we see how God asks questions of Cain to invite him to delve further into his emotions (anger, resentment, jealousy and...

In Dependence

We often crave independence, but in actual fact, we are all dependent people to some extent. As babies, we are wholly dependent on our mother for life; once born, we are dependent on adults to provide just about everything necessary for life (food, clothes, cleaning,...

Redefining The Grave

On this first Sunday after Easter, Dave spoke from Matt 28:1-10, explaining how the resurrection of Jesus redefines the grave for us. In this passage describing Easter Sunday, we see how the disciples were bewildered and confused after the crucifixion; they had known...

Hope

Hope is a key element in faith; it’s often what keeps us going through trials and testing. Paul told the Corinthians that ‘now these three remain: faith, hope and love’ (1 Cor 13:13), and he speaks frequently of the power of hope to sustain and enable us to endure. It...

The Miracle Of The Resurrection

In Acts 26:8, Paul cuts to the chase with his question, ‘Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?’ In all the trials he undergoes, his focus is always on the resurrection of Jesus, a resurrection he makes plain is consistent with Jewish...

Curing An Obsession

Obsessions take over our lives, leading us to become so preoccupied with an idea that everything else has to take a back seat. The very word indicates something that is not quite normal, that goes beyond what we regard as usual. We can be obsessed with anything: a...