May2019
Not like it, but definitely in it
Do not try to work together as equals with unbelievers, for it cannot be done. How can right and wrong be partners? How can light and darkness live together? How can Christ and the Devil agree? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? How can God’s temple come to terms with pagan… Read more
May2019
Being what we are
We are ruled by the love of Christ, now that we recognise that one man died for everyone, which means that they all share in his death. He died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but only for him who died and was raised to life for their… Read more
May2019
Come, Lord Jesus, come!
While we live in this earthly tent, we groan with a feeling of oppression; it is not that we want to get rid of our earthly body, but that we want to have the heavenly one put over us, so that what is mortal will be transformed by life. God is the one who has… Read more
May2019
Lost, but not forgotten
For if the gospel we preach is hidden, it is hidden only from those who are being lost. They do not believe, because their minds have been kept in the dark by the evil god of this world. He keeps them from seeing the light shining on them, the light that comes from the Good… Read more
May2019
May2019
When we feel like giving up
Jesus was walking in Solomon’s Porch in the Temple, when the people gathered around him and asked, ‘How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Tell us the plain truth: are you the Messiah?’ Jesus answered, ‘I have already told you, but you would not believe me. The deeds I do by my… Read more
May2019
The camp on the way home
The LORD is my shepherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest in pastures of green grass and leads me to quiet pools of fresh water. He gives me new strength. He guides me in the right paths, as he has promised. (verses 1-3) Read Psalm 23 Have you ever travelled in the… Read more
May2019
Do I really have to?
Now, if anyone has made somebody sad, he has not done it to me but to all of you—in part, at least. (I say this because I do not want to be too hard on him.) It is enough that this person has been punished in this way by most of you. Now, however, you… Read more
May2019
May2019
Taking God at his word
We want to remind you, friends, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive. We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. But this happened so that we should rely,… Read more
