It’s so incredibly tempting these days to question the Word of God; to cross out the inconveniently yucky verses from your Bible so the whole thing is more agreeable, more ...

At what point did we decide that our feelings, our emotions, the world’s decaying morality all mixed into one should be the final arbiter of the truthfulness, or otherwise, of ...

Imagine for a moment that you’re out in a small boat and a storm whips up. The wind howls, the storm clouds roll in, the waves toss your boat … what are you going to do? Those ...

It seems that one of the best ways to get ahead in life is to impress people – to dazzle them with our brilliance. Perhaps that’s what that phrase “dressed for success” is ...

From the outside looking in, it can appear as though believing in this Jesus, who claims to be the Son of God, is a risky business. For many, the whole idea of faith is that ...

Whatever state they’re in – we’re all part of a family.  And, truth be known – our family really matters to us.  There’s something special about family.  ...

Being married ain’t easy some days. There are so many things that conspire to tear a marriage apart – from the lie that divorce is a valid lifestyle choice, to sickness, ...

Could I ask you a somewhat awkward question today? Can you be trusted? And perhaps, more importantly, can your family trust you? Can they rely on you? Are you there, or are you ...

I wonder, as you take stock of the emotional and spiritual health of your family, what do you see? Are you pretty happy … or is a tragedy unfolding before your very eyes? As ...

It’s tragic when sin is passed down from generation to generation. An alcoholic’s son is at far greater risk of becoming one too. A child who’s been abused is much more ...

No doubt from time to time you’ve thought: “If only my family were normal like everyone else’s!” Sure you have … because somehow we still believe in the fairy tale of ...

More often than not, you hear preachers like me talking about what the perfect Christian family is supposed to look like. But what about the dysfunctional families? What about the ...

Each one of us, individually, at some point has to choose – either to believe in Jesus and serve Him as Lord, or to reject Him and go our own way. There’s no middle ground. ...

Whatever state they’re in – we’re all part of a family.  And, truth be known – our family really matters to us.  There’s something special about family.  ...

Today I’d like to share a profound word about those who remain single. Now perhaps you’re not, but doubtless you know someone who is. If so, perhaps you can share today’s ...

Whilst most people end up married, that’s not the case for everyone. Protracted singleness is far more common than we might imagine. Sadly though, people look at the singlies ...

The world being what it is, with devices which only a few years ago would have been considered to be supercomputers now in the palm of our hands, marital infidelity has never been ...

So, question … does God permit divorce? Touchy subject. Many churches treat divorce as an unforgiveable sin, believing that once divorced you can’t remarry. But what does ...

As someone who has been through the pain and the tragedy of divorce, I can tell you that the “easy come, easy go” attitude of contemporary society towards marriage these days ...

Marital infidelity and divorce, these days, seem to be considered much more of an acceptable lifestyle choice, than they are a heinous betrayal. But it was never meant to be so. ...

Our families are so incredibly important in our lives. And yet so many families are struggling. So many families have, shall we call them … “issues”. And sadly, many ...

Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...

The nagging wife is something of an unpleasant and unwelcome stereotype that many women rail against. And fair enough too. But then again, some women do nag their husbands to the ...

The biggest mistake I see women making in their marriages is, once the children come along, relegating their husbands to third, fourth or fifth place in the family hierarchy. Big ...

Too many men have become emotionally distant from their families, both as husbands and fathers. And that, right there, is one of the biggest mistakes we men can ever make because ...

Honestly … a man, when it comes to his family, can be such an oaf. Seriously! We somehow never stop to think what our families truly need from us, so we keep repeating the same ...

So here’s an uncomfortable question. Who, in your family, annoys you the most? Told you! Come on! Is it your husband or wife, one of the kids, a parent, an in-law? Which one ...

So, can I ask you … how’s your family doing? How deep, how strong are your family relationships? Because let’s face it, in this fast-paced, technology-disrupted world in ...

We tend to take our families for granted. Most of us grew up in a family. Many have started their own families. And yet this thing called “family” doesn’t always turn out to ...

Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...

Families are something we tend to take for granted. Most of us grew up in a family for better or for worse and many of us have started our own families. And yet as much as this ...

Here’s a powerful truth that should never escape us. God wants to help us, you and me, to live our lives in the victory that Jesus died and rose again to give us: victory over ...

The temptation to do the wrong thing is something that comes our way pretty much every day. And we can either succumb to it (which many do) or we can persevere and resist it. ...

One most powerful forces in our lives – a force either for good or for evil – is the habits that we either cultivate (for good) or fall into (for evil). I wonder… how ...

When you and I place our confidence in ourselves, in our own abilities, we can quickly end up being over-confident. But when you place your confidence in God … well, you can ...

In my book, there is no better job than being the bearer of good news. And today, I don’t just have good news for you, I have great news for you. And my prayer is that you’ll ...

Confidence can be a powerful force in our lives, provided that we place our confidence in the right things. With all that life’s throwing at you right now, let me ask you, how ...

Pretty much everyone wants a better life – whatever that happens to mean. But for many, there’s something missing, something they neglect, which stops them from living that ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

Do you believe in Jesus? If so, then your faith in Him is meant to give you victory: victory over your sin and victory over your circumstances, because often the combination of ...

Why is it that children need to be both encouraged and admonished by their parents and teachers over and over again, in order for them to develop a healthy confidence in ...

Our faith in God – yours and mine – isn’t meant to wax and wane. No, God’s plan is to grow our faith, to strengthen it through all the ups and downs in our lives, for our ...

Have you ever found your faith in God waning? Once, way back when, you were on fire for the Lord. But now that fire’s dwindled down to a few glowing embers on your best day and ...

If someone came along and offered you contentment … you know … that deep satisfaction that a fruitful and balanced life brings, would you take them up on the offer? I’m ...

As someone who believes in hard work (and I do!), as I’ve grown older and hopefully a tad wiser I’ve come to realise that hard work has a dark and dangerous underbelly. It’s ...

Anyone who’s married will be able to tell you that every now and then, their wife or their husband does something completely unexpected. You thought you knew them, but boom! And ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

One of the things I like to be with you is real; open, transparent and real, because I’m a frail, imperfect person just like you. So today’s one of those days where I get to ...

I think I can say with a hundred percent degree of certainty that you and I both have people in our circle of influence who are going through hard times. It may not be obvious, ...

Depending on where you live, what I’m about to ask you may sound just a tad crazy. Have you ever celebrated Christmas in July? No, seriously … have you ever celebrated ...

Christians talk a lot about the “kingdom of God”; it rolls so easily off the tongue. But hang on a minute. Do we really know what it means? Are we prepared to accept what it ...

There seem to be a lot of people on my social media feeds these days claiming to be apostles, prophets and the like. And yes, those are gifts that the New Testament talks about. ...

With all that’s been going on in the world, not to mention the normal day-to-day stuff that life dishes up, many are only just getting by, struggling to cope. But what if life ...

I wonder if you’ve ever thought of yourself as being in the fruit business as someone whose job it is to bear, produce and distribute good fruit – because if you’re a ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

There are forces at play in this world that seek to shut down the Gospel; to silence the Good News of Jesus; to deprive God’s people of the opportunity – so speak out the love ...

What are the blessings that you’re hoping will come your way soon from the hand of God? What have you been asking Him for? What’s right up there at the top of your list, hmm? ...

When you’re travelling down a rocky road, when life is more down than up, the reality is that even the kindest and most encouraging things that someone has to say to you somehow ...

I don’t know about you, but I get up out of bed each day hoping and believing for the best. A new day, new opportunities … but some days, things simply don’t work out that ...

No matter who you are, where you live. or what your circumstances may be, there are always going to be some things that you just don’t want to do. And the more of those you ...

Gratitude is an attitude that has a lot of positive benefits. In fact, studies show that grateful people are happier, healthier, and sleep better! So the question is then, are you ...

Traditions have their upside and their downside. On the one hand, they provide a moral fabric to our behaviour within society … which is a positive thing. On the other hand, ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  But I’ve never met anybody, who hasn’t experienced pain – physical, ...

Pain is a fact of life.  We don’t want to think about it.  We all hope to avoid it.  Nevertheless is definitely a fact of life!  And like every other part of ...

As social creatures, you and I need to develop both our independence and our interdependence – the ability to rely on ourselves, and the ability to cooperate with others. Makes ...

The brutal onslaught of this world against the faith of Christians has been going on for two thousand years. But it’s reaching fever pitch. as more Christians were martyred in ...

One of the jobs of any parent is to protect their children. And as a husband, father and now grandfather, that’s a job that I take very seriously indeed. So why would we imagine ...

Just living out each day honouring God, following Jesus wherever He leads, standing apart from the evil that the world peddles as being the norm in the “enlightened era” in ...

I feel the need today to chat with you about the little compromises that may be creeping into your life. You know … those “little sins” – the ones that in your estimation ...

I don’t know about you, but the plan I have for my life is that it should all bubble along just nicely, punctuated often by some happy times and very, very rarely (if ever) by ...

The truth be known, no matter how strong a person you may be, there are times when we all feel powerless – powerless to confront and to deal with the things in our lives that, ...

Many people are just living life … just eking out an existence.  Only just getting by.  And many of those people are the very same people who believe in Jesus, this ...

Criticism is never pleasant. It touches a raw nerve. It smarts. Sure, I know I’m not perfect, but I don’t want to hear others. Yet constructive criticism helps you grow, ...

I’ll tell what really scares me: people who’ve convinced themselves that because they’re a pretty good person, living their lives based on “Christian principles”, ...

Over the years, I’ve come across some really clever, successful people. How about you? People who can achieve so much more than you or I ever could – but there’s one thing ...

Sometimes just living out your life can feel like you’ve been through into a washing machine and then a tumble drier – round and round and round until all the life’s drained ...

It’s a sad thing when we compare ourselves with others and in our own estimation end up coming up short. I’m not as clever, as fast, as good looking, as successful as the next ...

Yep, it’s the fourth of July. No matter where on this planet you live, you’d have to be hiding under a rock not to realise that for the USA, the wealthiest country in the ...

Have you ever felt as though the promises of God have eluded you? You want to stand firm on His promises, but somehow they’ve gone missing in action. Well, I can tell you ...

Many people are just living life … just eking out an existence.  Only just getting by.  And many of those people are the very same people who believe in Jesus, this ...

Sometimes God takes us to the brink of the impossible, for us to dwell for a season on “the ragged edge of faith”. How long do you persist? When should you face facts and come ...

One of the biggest mistakes that you and I can make is to imagine that God’s plans revolve around us, around our comfort and convenience – because His plans are so much bigger ...

Any parent knows the frustration of telling their children to do something, and having them demand to know “why?!” as a precondition to their compliance. Sometimes there’s ...

You’ve perhaps heard it said that without faith it is impossible to please God. True. It comes straight out of His Word, the Bible – Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6. But what does ...

Apparently, so the scientific theory goes, the universe was created billions of years ago as a result of “the big bang”. But who put it there in the first place, and what made ...

A dear friend of mine, Lowell Wertz, is a 40 plus year missionary to Africa. Yesterday I shared the first of two challenges where God required great faith from him. Today, I’d ...

It strikes me that religion, or religiosity if I can call it that, is a fake. You go through all the motions, but in the end it doesn’t yield anything real. Have you been there ...

One of the things that we do all too often when things aren’t going according to plan, when we have some aches and pains in our lives, is that we set about treating the ...

When our emotions are running riot – anger, fear, a sense of inadequacy perhaps, whatever it may be … it robs us of God’s peace. And in the absence of peace we find our ...

Setting priorities can be difficult when you have a lot on your plate. You have to get this done, that done, the other thing done, and so you race around like a headless chicken ...

Anger is an emotion that flares up in our hearts from time to time when we feel wronged, when someone else is being an idiot, when … well, for any number of reasons. It’s ...

When things aren’t ticking along quite as you’d planned, when others aren’t playing the game your way, it’s easy to blame them or your circumstances; even, to blame God. ...

I regularly have days that are so full, so busy in doing the things I have to do that it’s difficult to carve out the time, let alone the emotional energy, to spend with Jesus. ...

Guilt over the mistakes you’ve made in the past and anxiety over what the future holds are two sides of the one coin. And for many, those two enemies rage war deep in their ...

Have you ever woken up one day and found your faith in Christ to be dry, to be parched, to be so much less than you know it should be? Sure you have – me too! Question is … ...

One of the things that we do all too often when things aren’t going according to plan, when we have some aches and pains in our lives, is that we set about treating the ...

One of the things that we do all too often when things aren’t going according to plan, when we have some aches and pains in our lives, is that we set about treating the ...

I try to imagine sometimes, what it must have been like for people when peace broke out after WWI and WWII. It would’ve been absolutely unbelievable. And who hasn’t seen the ...

There are times when all we see ahead is adversity. But it’s in those very times that, from the vantagepoint of heaven’s balcony, God sees opportunity; more opportunity than ...

One of the more special relationships we can have in this life is as a parent – not everyone of course, but most. And even if you’re not a parent, it’s not difficult to ...