Knowing God

Yesterday’s Bible study looked at John 17;1-5, where Jesus defines eternal life as knowing the true God and Jesus Christ, whom He sent. We can have many strange ideas about God, so it’s important that we know the true God as revealed in the Bible. The true...

The Book of Isaiah

Today we started looking at the book of Isaiah. Isaiah was an Old Testament prophet, a prophet being a spokesperson for God (see Deut 18:21-22, 1 Sam 3:19). The New Testament speaks of the gift of prophecy today in the church (1 Cor 14:1, 1 Cor 12:1-3). What a prophet...

Keep Singing!

On Sunday, I preached from 2 Chronicles 20, and whilst the main theme of my message was the Valley of Berakah (living in God’s blessing), this passage always speaks to me about the power of praise. Jehoshaphat, when facing multiple armies against him, sent the...

The Valley of Berakah (Blessing)

This afternoon we looked at the Valley of Berakah (2 Chronicles 20.) We are a blessed people, but the story of Jehoshaphat gives us valuable insight about how to deal with a crisis (as well as giving us an answer to a Bible quiz question about the name of the prophet...

Called By God

Today we looked at Romans 1:1-7 and the fact that we are a called people. Paul was called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. Jesus turned his life around on the road to Damascus, changing him from a zealous Pharisee who persecuted Christians, thinking...