Author: Alasdair Paine

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.  (Proverbs 3:5-6,…

He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die.  “I have had enough, LORD,’  he said.  “Take my life; I am no better…

This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of Abraham, the Son of David. (Matthew 1:1, NIV)He was the son of Joseph, so it was thought, the son of…

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. (John 9:1, NIV)I have sometimes wondered what it would be like to go blind.  It must be agony.  The progressive…

He commanded us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead (Acts 10:42, NIV)If you or…

Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. (Galatians 6:6, ESV)I remember the preacher and author John Stott writing somewhere that one…

Where can I go from your Spirit?  Where can I flee from your presence?  If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in…

He shall seduce with flattery those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God shall stand firm and take action.  (Daniel 11:32, ESV)Last Saturday Dr Jim Packer…

‘In the future, when your children ask you, “What do these stones mean?”, tell them… ‘ (Joshua 4:6-7, NIV)It was a great moment in Israel’s history.  The entire population, forty…

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. (Revelation 12:13, NIV)Since last autumn we’ve been reading the book of Revelation in our Sunday services at…