Bible Perspective

The empty tomb

The tomb of Jesus is surely one of the most wonderful things in the world, precisely because it is empty. There is no other empty object in the world that provokes such veneration, such fascination, such adoration precisely because, and only because it is empty.  But before it was empty,…

6 Apr 21 min

The Apostle John - giving us a close-up

Of all the apostles, John is the only one who can say that he was actually at the cross. The others fled in Gethsemane; Peter left and wept bitterly once he had denied the Lord three times. It appears it was only John that followed all the events. John, it…

30 Mar 25 min

Jesus bearing our injustice

One of the greatest paradoxes of all is this: God will bring justice to the universe, through His Son bearing our injustice. The Son of God was unjustly treated, unfairly treated, and ultimately bore on the cross all our injustice. In John 18 and 19 we once again admire and…

23 Mar 23 min

The Law of the Tea Bag

Many Christians do not understand the Law of the Tea Bag. Hot water does not introduce or create the taste in the cup, it merely draws out what is inside the tea bag. Trials are like hot water: they don't introduce it into our lives, but they draw out of…

16 Mar 24 min

The Apostles' Creed

"My faith has found a resting place, not in device nor creed" So goes the hymn, and if taken over-literally, we might agree. Our faith rests upon the person and work of Jesus Christ, which the propositions of the gospel are essential to properly explain. This is partly wat the…

9 Mar 21 min

Three men on three crosses

On what we think was Friday April 3, 33 A.D., there were three men sentenced to death by Rome, condemned to die by what they called the extreme penalty: death by crucifixion. We don't know the names of two of the men; we only know them by the description given…

2 Mar 25 min

We can nowhere evade the presence of God

It was C.S. Lewis who said, "We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito". We may either follow it or flee from God's presence. We may evade it or embrace it. We can run from it,…

23 Feb 25 min

You're either a Christian or you aren't

A full-time Christian. Some might say that's a redundancy. You're either a Christian, or you aren't, and if you are, you're a Christian all the time, right? So isn't every Christian a full-time Christian? It's true that if you are a child of God, then you are a child of…

16 Feb 25 min

What would you wish for the one you love the most?

If you could get something for the person you love the most, what would that be? What would you wish for the one you love the most? The way you answer that question reveals what you think is the very pinnacle of happiness. Because for the person you love the…

9 Feb 23 min

Be careful!

God included Jesus' prayer to both encourage us, and to teach us about our mission and its dangers. It is like hearing a parent tell you all that she has done to get you ready for a trip. It both encourages you and educates you. Sometimes we need to know…

2 Feb 25 min

What would we hear if we hear God praying?

What would it be like to listen to God pray? What would we hear? If you think it is impossible that God should pray, then you have forgotten about John 17, or indeed, many passages in the Gospels where Jesus, the Son of God, prays. And in John 17, we…

26 Jan 25 min

Joy: the "mood" of true Christianity

When you watch advertisement, the actors and models are almost always smiling, to show you the great enjoyment they have in that product or service. It would be a strange thing to see actors or models with a product and looking gloomy, dour, or unhappy. No, the joy communicates the…

19 Jan 25 min

Clearing Up Confusion About the Holy Spirit

There is massive confusion over the Holy Spirit. Many things are attributed to Him that He has no part of. Many things that He truly does are not honoured, admired or praised. One side of the church expects Him to do things that Scripture does not promise He would always…

12 Jan 26 min

The Beginning of a New Year

The beginning of a new year often comes with discouragements over defeats and setbacks of the previous year. Jesus restored a defeated and broken Simon Peter in John 21, which becomes a model of renewal for all of us

5 Jan 25 min

Misunderstanding the Holy Spirit

The Christianity that is growing and dominant in Africa is essentially a Christianity that profoundly misunderstands the Holy Spirit. It misunderstand His nature, it misunderstand His work, it misunderstands His purposes. Instead of having a theology of the Holy Spirit derived from Scripture, it is almost entirely a theology derived…

29 Dec 2024 25 min

Christmas - a mission

Christmas, if we define it biblically, is actually a mission, a quest, an errand. It involves a Sender, and the one Sent. Christmas celebrates the arrival of the Sent One, the Questing One. Christmas is not really an end point of this quest, a celebration of the mission completed. Christmas…

22 Dec 2024 26 min

Why the World Hates Christians: Understanding the Root of Hostility

Some Christians are really not ready for the world's hatred. They believe they can still be on great terms with the world if they are diplomatic, or winsome in personality, or explain things better, or do better marketing and branding of Christianity, or do more apologetics and show reasonable people…

15 Dec 2024 25 min

Christlike Friendship in a Lonely World

Even though people now have hordes of people they chat with online, tons of followers, likes, subscribers, and "friends" online, people are still haunted by, and chilled by a profound loneliness. People live behind their screens, live in bigger and bigger cities, where you are more and more anonymous, lost…

8 Dec 2024 25 min

The secret to spirituality

Jesus has one word to describe Christian spirituality. This is really the heart of John 15:1 - 11, which centers around this word "abide". We need to know what it is, how it happens and what it looks like when it's happening. Here we can learn a true, biblical Christian…

1 Dec 2024 26 min

Understanding God's walk with you

John 15 describes how God works with us according to our state. Understanding how God is dealing with us helps us understand where we are with respect to Him. Am I truly one of the branches? Then I should expect certain actions of the Father toward me. Am i not…

24 Nov 2024 25 min