Author: Alasdair Paine

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5,…

No-one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.  (John 1:18, NIV)The term “agnosticism” was invented by the…

It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known. (Romans 15:20, NIV) Is it wrong to be ambitious? Ambition is defined in my Apple Dictionary…

For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that…

When you pray, say, “Father…”  (Luke 11:2, NIV)“Please pray for me!”“God, if you’re there, help!”When facing a problem which feels out of control, many people pray.  It is almost an instinct…

Save me, LORD, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. (Psalm 120:2, NIV)I wonder if this is a prayer you and I often pray? The unknown writer of this Psalm prays that…

Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the years Jehoiada the priest instructed him.  The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to…

The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.  (Psalm 50:1, NIV)What will God be doing…

When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.(Matthew 2:3, NIV)There is one figure in the Biblical account of Jesus’ birth who never seems to show…

The sceptre will not depart from Judah,nor the ruler’s staff from beneath his feetuntil he to whom it belongs shall comeand the obedience of the nations is his. (Genesis 49:10, NIV)In…