Author: Alasdair Paine

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully. (1 Timothy 1:8, ESV)This Christmas someone gave me a copy of The Select Letters of John Newton.  This marvellous…

The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.(Colossians 1:15, NIV)In a hyper-visual age, Christians might be tempted to find God’s invisibility embarrassing.We are so…

Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’  Why, you do not…

‘Nazareth!  Can anything good come from there?’  Nathanael asked.‘Come and see’, said Philip.  (John 1:46, NIV)Nathanael is sceptical.  His neighbour Philip tells him he’s found the Messiah.  “We have found the one…

King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for all of his nobles…suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared… so King Belshazzar became even more terrified (Daniel 5:1, 5, 9, NIV 2011) Was Belshazzar -…

herefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. (Colossians 3:12, NIV)Such a person also goes into great detail about what they…

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” (Romans…

Paul wanted to take [Timothy] along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was…

He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.  For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come - sexual immorality,…

After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.(Colossians…