As we go through life, there are moments where the fleeting pleasures and pressures of this world tempt us to compromise our biblical beliefs. When we give in, the gospel is compromised to those we bear witness to. In today’s passage, we see Peter succumb into such behaviour, his actions failed to reflect what... Continue Reading →
Galatians – The Transformative Power of Christ
The Power of God to Change Hearts We continue our study through Galatians, last week we looked at Paul write about the false teaching perpetuating within the churches of Galatia. He cautioned that there is only one gospel and speaks of the need to be careful to not be so easily influenced and abandon the... Continue Reading →
Galatians – Commissioned
In the Introduction to the book of Galatians, we addressed what was transpiring in the churches of Galatia that caused Paul to write this letter to them. The Judaisers (Jewish Christians), who had come from Judea to Antioch, questioned Paul’s teachings about the gospel and began teaching a different gospel to the gentiles. They perpetuated... Continue Reading →
Galatians – An Introduction
Galatians - A peek into the context and Background Hi All, As you probably know, on the blog, intermittently, I walk through a certain book of the bible and share aspects of what I learn with you all. I will be starting a walk through the book of Galatians. As I share what I learn,... Continue Reading →
Book Announcement!
Hey All, I have my first book published. The book is a bible study series on the book of Jeremiah. (More details below) This all began when I started mulling over the desire to write a bible study. Procrastinated on it for quite a while. The world of publishing seemed quite unknown and that itself... Continue Reading →
Fighting against the Lukewarm Lifestyle
Revelations 3:15-17 “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that... Continue Reading →
The Book of Numbers – Half- hearted Obedience
Numbers 31 constitutes the war declared by the Lord against the Midianites. This war was the Lord’s vengeance, because of the wickedness of the Midianites, who caused the seduction of the Israelites in the pagan worship of Baal of Peor (Num 25). The second generation of Israel, now poised in the plains of Moab were... Continue Reading →
The Book of Numbers – The weight of our Words
Going back a few years, I had another mum at my son’s school who was always very friendly whenever we saw each other at school events and we would have a lovely chat and she would say, “We have to meet up outside of school, we should catch up over coffee”. My son graduated from... Continue Reading →
The Book of Numbers – Consistent Devotional Rhythm
Num 28:1-2 “The Lord said to Moses, “Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.” As we open Numbers 28 and 29, we see God speak to Moses to remind the generation of Israelites about to enter the... Continue Reading →
The Book of James – Desires that Battle Within
Today we delve into James 4:1-3. James writes about submitting to God and he begins with our wants. Each one of us have desires that can be used by the enemy as a snare to seek our own will and glory, causing us to step out of obedience to God. James causes us to reflect... Continue Reading →