Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World: Wise words from the book of Proverbs

Proverbs 6.27 Surely no one would be so daft as to pick up a handful of burning coals from the embers of a fire and place them on one’s chest. To do such a thing would be to invite severe burns and possible death. The average sensible person would see the likely consequences of such […]

The Church – its nature

Having heard the gospel and taken the first two steps of obedience in response to it, it is vital for each new believer to follow the example set by the first Christians. The first step of obedience to the gospel is to believe it and the second is to be baptized. Those who ‘gladly received […]

What does God look like?

What a question! Why should the appearance of God be so important? Surely that is a most trivial thing to ask. Is it? When you pray, what do you see in your mind’s eye? Is God, as Michaelangelo famously painted Him, a grand old man up in the sky with an amazingly wrinkled face, long […]