Author: Alasdair Paine

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourself.  Do what it says.  (James 1:22, NIV)A much-anticipated report from the House of Bishops on human sexuality has been published…

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of our hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.  (Romans 1:24, NIV)Reading Romans in our church…

I am a debtor both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and to the foolish.  That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to…

This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about…  (Matthew 1:18, NIV)What was God’s plan for Christmas?  It can be summarised in just two words.ChristThis is sometimes held to be…

My children, I will be with you only a little longer.  You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: where I…

Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save.  When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to…

They forsook all the commands of the LORD their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves, and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to…

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.  (1…

How long will you  defend the unjustand show partiality to the wicked?Defend the weak and the fatherless;uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver…

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.  (Romans 12:2a, NIV)Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by…