The Message version of 1 John 3:19-20 talks about 'debilitating self-criticism,' that nagging feeling many of us have that we are not fulfilling God's commandments properly. Over-sensitive hearts can carry heavy loads of condemnation around with them which God never...

Last night's Bible study (the last till September, as there are no midweek meetings during August) looked at 1 John 3:19-24. So far in this chapter, we have looked at God’s lavish love (1 John 3:1) who we are in God (‘children of God’ 1 John 3:1-2) doing what is right...

Flotsam and jetsam are not everyday terms. Technically, they refer to specific kinds of shipwreck: flotsam (from a word originally meaning 'to float') is the floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo, whilst jetsam (from the word 'jettison', meaning to discard or throw...