Bible Perspective

Shaping the heart of those who live in our homes

Shaping the heart of those who live in our homes is not just one thing, because a home life is not just one thing. It is many things. But fundamentally, the home is a place of teaching, of discipling. This love of God is to be communicated, taught, explained, demonstrated…

1 Jun 26 min

Christian homes

Many, many Christian homes are practically secular. They don't deny God. They go to church on Sunday. Perhaps the movies they watch are milder than average. But if you had to compare that home with the average secular home in which God doesn't matter, you would not find many differences…

25 May 25 min

The good life

Psalm 16 is one of many places in the Bible where the Lord pulls upon on our God-given desires to be happy, and shows us where that desire will be fulfilled. Here God shows us that the life of fulfilment, of contentment, of joy is not something you have to…

18 May 25 min

Hope for us all

John 21 is inspired Scripture to encourage the most discouraged believer. If Peter can be restored, anyone can. If someone who denied Jesus three times can become a unflinching, courageous preacher willing to face anything for Christ, then there is hope for all of us. If you can go from…

11 May 25 min

What does it mean to believe?

About 35 years ago, a controversy broke out. The controversy was around what it means to believe. The one side said that belief is simple, childlike agreement and trust that Jesus is your Saviour. The other side said belief is a wholehearted surrender to Jesus as Saviour and Lord. Here…

4 May 25 min

What is faith really based upon?

What is faith really based upon? Is seeing believing? What do you look to, to confirm truth? Now that we've crossed this technological threshold of Deepfakes, and AI-generated anything – who will you believe? And why? What will you stake your life and eternity on? This account of the first…

27 Apr 25 min

John and the Resurrection

The Gospel of John is one of the eyewitness accounts of the Resurrection. And it has one of those surprising, unexpected details that you would expect in an eyewitness account. Here in John, we have an eyewitness telling you what he saw, and why it convinced him. And at the…

20 Apr 19 min

What produces real faith?

What produces real faith in the heart? Mary sees a number of things on this Sunday morning that many would count as evidence, but they do not persuade her. Instead, faith rises up in Mary's heart because of a very particular event that is still true for all of us…

13 Apr 25 min

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