You walk past people on the street – blank, emotionless faces and you think – I wonder what’s going on in their hearts today. Those faces hide so many hurts and pains ...

Propaganda has been a thing since time immemorial. It’s just that these days, with the way that all forms of media wrap their tentacles around every part of our lives, it’s ...

I wonder, as you look back on your life, who it is that stands out most in your heart for having helped you through some difficult times; for having stepped in when no one else ...

I don’t think there’s one of us who hasn’t said things that we later ended up regretting. If only we could take it back. If only we could un-say that stupid thing that came ...

Even though we’ve all faced difficulties in our lives, tragedies that we wouldn’t have wished on our worst enemy, I think it’s fair to say for most of us, we wouldn’t swap ...

As I look back on the journey that God’s brought me on, I can see the mighty things He’s done in my heart. And yet as I look ahead, I know that He has so much more work to do ...

There are times when we feel like praising God, and… let’s be honest, there are times when we don’t. And then, there are times when we have every reason to be praising Him, ...

One of the most common symptoms that we all experience during those difficult patches in life is a sense of separation from God, almost as though He’s cut us adrift, almost as ...

Sometimes it seems the more people we have around us, the lonelier we feel.  Loneliness is running at epidemic proportions around the world.  And it can strike when we ...

Boldness and bravado often mask deep insecurities and fears. I can tell you that unequivocally because that’s how I used to live my life; brutal toward people on the outside, ...

None of us likes being criticised. In fact, we much prefer to be praised, so we tend to gravitate towards people who pat us on the back, rather than those who tell us what they ...

Whenever we believe something passionately, as I certainly do when it comes to the Good News of Jesus Christ, there’s a risk – a big risk, in fact – that our passion can ...

Fake news is not merely a political cliché. It’s a profound problem – with bad actors, as they’re called, and even rogue governments deliberately undermining social ...

In any society, any community, there are winners and there are losers. And when you’re fortunate enough to be one of the winners, the tendency is to care less and less about the ...

We live, more and more, in the age of entitlement. I deserve better than this. I’m entitled to say and do what I want. How dare they tell me what to do? And yet to live in ...

When I was growing up, I wasn’t allowed to use the word “hate”. I certainly was never allowed to hate someone. That was strictly verboten. Even saying that I hated this or ...

On a scale of zero to ten, how much do you believe God wants to bless you? Not at all (0); a bit (3); yeah, quite a bit (7.5) or more than you can ever hope for, dream or imagine ...

Do you ever get the wobbles in your faith walk? Sure, you believe … but just in that moment, perhaps right here in this moment, it’s difficult to discern any rhyme or reason ...

None of us want bad things to happen to us, and yet they do. None of us wants sorrow to fill our hearts, and yet from time to time, it does. Suffering is an essential and ...

In our desire to be successful (something that’s been drummed into us from an early age) it’s all too easy for us to give sway to false influencers and start elevating false ...

Divorce is a subject that I come back to from time to time because sadly, it’s tearing marriages, lives, and families apart on a global scale, with devastating consequences. ...

The more individualistic we become in our outlook on life, the more prone we are to resisting authority and criticising our leaders. We’ve seen a lot of that over the last ...

There is so much pretending that goes on in the world today in people’s lives, perhaps even in our lives. In public, we say nice things about others, but in private we curse ...

Can I ask you, what mountain needs moving in your life just at the moment? What obstacle are you facing that’s preventing you from becoming all that God made you to be, and ...

On a scale of zero to ten, how much do you believe God wants to bless you? Not at all (0); a bit (3); yeah, quite a bit (7.5) or more than you can ever hope for, dream or imagine ...

On a scale of zero to ten, how much do you believe God wants to bless you? Not at all (0); a bit (3); yeah, quite a bit (7.5) or more than you can ever hope for, dream or imagine ...

Today is Sunday, our day of rest – a day for some good news, very good news. And perhaps you need some good news just at the moment. So without further ado, here it is: 1 Peter ...

It’s becoming more and more difficult, not just to be a Christian, but to speak openly and publicly of our Christian faith. So much so that God’s people are being coy, almost ...

When we’re confronted with some daunting task, something that we really don’t want to do, the easiest thing in the world for us to do is to put it off. I heard someone refer ...

We’ve been reading this week about dealing with the difficult people in our lives with the wisdom and the love of God. It’s not easy, is it? And we can’t talk about ...

Most days, I make sure that I read the news – local, national and international. I also make sure that I read God’s Word, the Bible. And I tell you, the gap between those two ...

We all have difficult relationships, don’t we? Some seem to fester away year after year without getting any better. The conflict, the hurt, remains. And it robs you of your ...

It’s a strange old world we live in. On the one hand, you can have a heart that yearns for God. But on the other, you can be surrounded with so much evil and injustice that it ...

When you hear someone talking about living the life God always intended, it’s all too easy to get the picture that it’s all about us. Our comfort. Our wants. Our status. But ...

As we’re growing from childhood through those awkward teenage years into adulthood we’re taught to rely less and less on others. And, up to a point, that independence is a ...

You see some amazing things on social media … I mean, mind blowing stuff. None more so than the mass delusion of people who call themselves Christians. How can people wander so ...

One of the things that I find so intriguing is how God can take something that He spoke to people thousands of years ago in a completely different context, and use it to impact ...

When it comes to … you know, those sinners out there … perhaps you’ve heard that saying, “hate the sin but love the sinner”. It’s something of a Christian cliché that ...

Thank God that we’re not all preachers. Can you just imagine? Everybody speaking, nobody listening … absolutely horrendous. And yet, in one way or another, everybody who ...

Truth, as things turn out, is a difficult thing to hold on to in these last days. As the time draws nearer to Christ’s return, just as He predicted there are many intent on ...

No matter what country you happen to live in, there are men and women who’ve gone before you, who sacrificed their lives in the hope of protecting your freedom. And that … ...

Low self-esteem is a social epidemic, silently constricting lives and undermining relationships. But God never meant for you to have low self–esteem. In fact, He has some great ...

The more social media’s taken hold of our world, the easier it’s become for everyone to have a voice, to state their opinions, to shout them into the faces and the lives of ...

There are people in this world who will oppose you – some for the right reasons, some for the wrong reasons. How you respond to them has a lot to do with your inner, core ...

We live in strange times. I mean, look back at just these last two years since the COVID pandemic hit us. Look at how different the world is today to what we expected, even just ...

It’s easy to come to the conclusion that being a Christian, following Jesus, honouring God, is much easier in the good times than in the bad – that singing His praises is much ...

From the youngest age, each one of us has been subject to rules. Our parents told us what we could and couldn’t do. And if you’re anything like me, as a child and as a ...

When you get together with friends and family, perhaps over a cup of coffee or over a meal, what do you talk about? I mean, last time you socialised with, perhaps, people from ...

Do you know what I’ve noticed? It’s much easier to make a joyful noise on a Sunday than it is to serve God with a good heart on a Monday. It’s much easier to sing those ...

Poor self–esteem is a global pandemic. Too many people are living with deep insecurities that are robbing them of the abundant life that Jesus died and rose again to bring them. ...

So, at what point did we come to the conclusion that it’s all up to us –  that following Jesus along that narrow, often difficult path is completely our responsibility, ...

So, another question for you today. When you speak up in defence of the truth, in defence, perhaps, of your faith, how do you speak? What does the expression on your face and the ...

Yesterday we read about loving your enemy – one of the many intensely inconvenient things that Jesus had to say. And it’s not just something that He said. It’s something ...

A question for you today … well, two actually. Firstly, how many people do you have in your life right know whom you dislike intensely? And secondly, when you run into them, how ...

The Good News of Jesus comes in two parts: forgiveness of our sins through His sacrifice on the Cross: and a new life from now to eternity. In other words, pardon from the past, ...

The pressure these days to depart from the truth, to forsake what God tells us is right, to dispense with it as the irrelevant babblings of an outdated church, is intense. Perhaps ...

At some point along the way, anyone who chooses to believe in Jesus has a choice to make. Will they actually do what He tells them to do, or will they just carry on with business ...

Poor self–esteem is a global pandemic. Too many people are living with deep insecurities that are robbing them of the abundant life that Jesus died and rose again to bring them. ...

Poor self–esteem is a global pandemic. Too many people are living with deep insecurities that are robbing them of the abundant life that Jesus died and rose again to bring them. ...

We read earlier this week about judgementalism, and I just want to circle back to it again today because that tendency to judge others and then to turn it into gossip or anger is ...

There’s no doubt that together we’ve all been through some really difficult times this last couple of years. And those trials have a tendency to make us forget the blessings ...

I grieve over political tribalism amongst God’s people. Not because I don’t have my own political views, but because I ache at seeing Christians define themselves first and ...

We’ve been chatting these past few days about the truth – God’s truth. And we’ve seen that truth without grace is but a steely imitation. Truth without grace isn’t ...

Over the last couple of days, we’ve been talking about truth – God’s truth. But even His truth is sometimes wielded as a weapon by His people, in a way that wreaks havoc ...

I don’t know where you’re at in terms of your relationship with Jesus, but an integral element of that relationship is being part of His body –  part of the family of ...

One of the things I’ve noticed – and perhaps you have too – is that it’s very easy in this day and age, given the constant barrage of media messages, for us to drift away ...

We all have a heart.  Not just that amazing little machine that keeps us alive, but a heart deep inside somewhere.  The place where we live and laugh and cry and ...

The things that our parents taught us tend to remain with us for the rest of our lives. But mothers and fathers have quite different roles in the rearing of children. Today, ...

It’s a rough and tumble world that we live in. Criticism can be hurled your way without notice. Those feelings of inadequacy rise up and before you know it, the lie that God ...

As counterintuitive as it may seem, the moment we set out to live a good life, to do right, to love others, to work hand-in-hand with God to overcome our inherent weaknesses, the ...

As you look at your life today, right here and now, would you say that you’re flourishing in life or not? Come on, is “flourishing” an adjective that you could safely use to ...

There’s a trend these days amongst some of God’s people to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a ticket to comfort and success. Perhaps “trend” is not the right word. ...

Without a doubt, Christians these days are suffering more persecution than ever before. For some, that still means being shot or beheaded. For others, it’s governments limiting ...

I was taken recently … no, “taken” is entirely the wrong word! I was deeply disturbed recently … by something a very popular Christian wrote on social media. Deeply, ...

We all have a heart.  Not just that amazing little machine that keeps us alive, but a heart deep inside somewhere. The place where we live and laugh and cry and experience ...

I look back on some of the times in my life, some of the things that I’ve done, and I think to myself, Berni, how could you have been so stupid! You too, huh? We have an amazing ...

We each yearn for peace – for our hearts to be at rest, for the knowledge that we’re safe – and yet, if these past couple of years have taught us anything … hey, the world ...

There’s something about the hymns of old that reaches deep into our souls. But with the ever-shortening attention spans that we’re developing, there’s a great tragedy ...

Over these last couple of years, with a pandemic sweeping the globe, many people have died. And many people, even God’s people, have lived in fear of dying. But fear of dying ...

All too often when disaster strikes, when we’re suffering as a result, we cry out to God for the pain to end, for Him to deliver us from the suffering, without enquiring of Him ...

Have you ever had this terrible sense of foreboding that something bad was going to befall you – but then, without warning, something happens to end your fear and that huge ...

“Sin” is the central dilemma of humanity. No, it’s not a popular word these days. Many consider it to be a reflection of the irrelevant religious views of a bygone era. But ...

Way too many people on this planet – even people who passionately believe in Jesus – are living something way less than the stunning life that God has planned for them. And ...

The world, life … call it what you will … has an uncanny way of throwing some pretty awful things our way from time to time. Other times, it’s happy days. But through it ...

Have you ever come to the conclusion that because God loves you so much, this one little verse in the Bible …. well, it doesn’t really apply to you? If you have, then I’m ...

With the glut of information (and indeed, misinformation) bombarding us these days, there’s never been a time where rational thinking has been more important. But there’s also ...

The one thing we’re not short of in this day and age is information. And as we’re being bombarded left, right and centre, the big decision for each of us now is, whom or what ...

We’ve been reading the last couple of days about our emotions because they’re such an important part of who we are. But when we allow them to overwhelm us, we become ...

Everyone you know, no matter how much they love you, will at some stage disappoint you. And that emotion of disappointment can end up ruining not just your day, but if you allow ...

Have you ever had the situation where you’re driving on a road at good speed, and all of a sudden you hit a pocket of fog? You’re hurtling through it, but you can’t see a ...

Way too many people on this planet – even people who passionately believe in Jesus – are living something way less than the stunning life that God has planned for them. And ...

Way too many people on this planet – even people who passionately believe in Jesus – are living something way less than the stunning life that God has planned for them. And ...

Despite all that Jesus had told His disciples about His coming resurrection, it had fallen on deaf ears. And let’s not be too hard on them. Would you or I have reacted any ...

On this day every year, I close my eyes and put myself inside the tomb where Jesus’ body lay. It’s pitch dark. It’s dead silent. And the body of my Saviour lies there, ...

Good Friday – the day when we remember that on that Cross, Jesus died. He shed His blood so that the price that God’s justice demands for our sin – yours and mine – would ...

Sometimes when communion is passed around at church – a small cup of grape juice, and a nice, fluffy little cube of white bread – let me be honest here … I want to scream. ...

This whole notion of “sin” … well, it’s not particularly popular in this day and age. And yet, you and I both know that when we do something wrong, it has consequences. It ...

So here we are in Easter week casting our minds back to that Passover Festival when Jesus was betrayed and crucified. And the Passover, back then and still today, was celebrated ...

Easter week comes around so quickly. And we seem to pass through it so quickly – often without much thought beyond, perhaps, the long weekend that it offers some. And yet Easter ...

Easter rolls around about this time every year. And the strange thing is that despite all the struggles that people are facing, despite the emptiness and the yearning for ...