I’ve been much blessed these last weeks absorbing God’s revelation in Ephesians of what `Church` means: She is Christ’s Bride … More

We’ll relate better to Church if we grasp who She is! If we speed-read on through Ephesians, we’ll see how … More

Now comes a chance for us to foster a habit that’s important to Bible feeding – to begin noticing times … More

Ephesians has been called the summit of the new testament. `It must be manifest to the most casual reader that … More

Romans’ central chapters have shown us one wonderful thing after another. `So what shall we say to these things?’ Surely, … More

Romans’ central section has a whole series of glorious, inspirational revelations, that can lead our grasp of our faith to … More

`Sin shall not be your master’, we’ve seen! Thankyou, Father! But God has far more for us in Romans! Holiness … More

God promises us in Romans, unreservedly and remarkably, that `Sin shall not be your master!’ (6:14). Let’s absorb again just … More

I remember when I first discovered Romans 6 as a student. It felt like wonderful dynamite! `Sin shall not have … More

In Romans 6 God makes an incredible – and if, or since, this is God speaking: highly practical – promise … More

We fed last week on God’s dramatic revelation in Romans 6, so crucial to its guarantee of our liberation from … More

Recently we’ve fed on God’s amazing promise that we can be liberated from all – all! – negative behaviours (Rom … More

Here’s the last of our posts exploring God’s amazing promise that there’s no negative behaviour, at all, that we cannot … More

The tough parts of Scripture often turn out the most worthwhile. Or, as C S Lewis puts it: the foxhunter … More

I’ve enjoyed journeying here through the `vision of God’s ultimate` in Ephesians! But sometimes we feel a million miles from … More

We’re feeding on 2 Corinthians, where Paul is having a very difficult time and writes on the very edge of … More

Now in ch3 we find the third anchor that gives Paul, and us, real `confidence’ (3:4) amid the stresses that … More

Is there a fourth `anchor’ here that helps Paul survive the stresses, and means WE too surely won’t `lose heart` … More

Amid all the pressures we encounter, Paul’s been saying, we’ll be seriously strengthened if we grasp the incredible privilege of … More

Summary so far: among all his problems, Paul doesn’t lose heart; and this is because he knows the Word he … More

I’m glad some of us are finding this magnificent, profound epistle as lifegiving as I do. As we’ve seen, Paul … More

Here’s a lifegiving idea: in the new testament, suffering and glory seem to go together like the two sides of … More

As usual with Paul, mysticism, vision, turns into action, as 2 Corinthians continues. Or, we might equally say, faith comes … More

`If anyone is in Christ`, says Paul (and indeed, God), `they are a new creation’ (2 Cor 5:17)! And as … More

So now vision is turning into passion, into action! In these chapters we watch Paul embodying the transformation he’s been … More

This is our final post on 2 Corinthians. And here, perhaps, comes the heart, the ultimate gift to each of … More

There’s so much more in Ephesians’ glorious first paragraphs! Not surprisingly, since Paul is expressing the vision of the ultimate, … More

We caught last week something of the wonder that we’re already seated with Christ `in the heavenly realms` (see Eph … More

We are Christ’s Bride (last week): what more could we ask or imagine? Yet there’s more! If we speed-read through … More

We the Church aren’t what we appear. We’ve seen Ephesians bringing us one profound image after another as Paul labours … More

In these last weeks we’ve absorbed the amazing vision God gives us in Ephesians of `Church`. Now the revelation gets … More

Now marriage, sex, workplace, family: in Ephesians God shows us how authentic doctrine (when it’s really from God, not manmade) … More

Like we’ve seen, having presented the cosmic vision, Paul says: You’ll need to do something practical about it, in marital/sexual … More

As we’ve seen throughout this series: Ephesians’ vision is of a cosmos that one day will be gloriously freed from … More