As the Bible goes on, it becomes clear that the prospects of the Kingdom of God depend on having a king who will sit on God's throne and rule according to his Word | Judges - 2 Kings
Where is your treasure?
Christianity isn't a call to stop desiring things. But God has placed desires in us which only he can satisfy | Exodus 20:17
The Kingdom Pictured
A whistle-stop tour of 5 and a half books of the Bible, showing how everything is working towards God once again having a people who are under his rule, who enjoy his blessing and once again enter a place he has prepared for them | Genesis 16 - Joshua 24
Whose language are you speaking?
'We all bend the truth now and then' - but for human beings to lie is to speak the language of our enemy | Exodus 20"16
The Promised Kingdom (The Gospel According to Abraham)
God's people have always been a chosen people and a covenant people. If we don't understand God's promises to Abraham we'll not understand why Galatians says that the gospel was preached to him, and we'll not grasp the significance of the 75 references to him in the New Testament | Genesis 12-50
What's mine is God's
Only if we have treasure in Heaven will we be able to hold lightly to the things of this world | Exodus 20:15
The Perished Kingdom
Last week we left Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden as God's people, in God's place, under God's rule and enjoying God's blessing. However by the end of Genesis 3, that's all changed. What went wrong? And is there a way back for humanity? | Genesis 3-11
Guarding God's Gospel Signpost
Why does it matter what two consenting adults do in private? Because sex is bigger than us. To demean, twist, distort or redefine marriage is to rob the world of a signpost to the gospel | Exodus 20:14
Life or Death?
If we think the 6th commandment doesn't apply to us, Jesus says that we're making the same mistake as the Pharisees | Exodus 20:13
Facing up to Reality
The first half of 1 Samuel ends with this sobering account reminding us of the reality of God's justice, the priority of obedience and the importance of repentance. Yet Saul's failure here prepares the way for King David - and ultimately King Jesus | 1 Samuel 15