Life

Good things come to those who wait...on God: 3 reasons to enjoy the wait
When God makes us wait, we're called to trust Him, even thought we don't know what He has in store for us.

A gospel message without sin and death is not complete
So many Christians today are delivering the wrong gospel message because we miss out on something that could change the message completely.

3 tips from the Bible for making best friends
Maintaining friendships can be tough. When we spend a considerable amount of time with people we like, we're bound to get closer and more comfortable with them but we're also more vulnerable to being hurt by them.

The true purpose of the tithe
Tithing is the ultimate litmus paper test to who or what really rules our hearts.

The 4 do's and don'ts of moving on from bad relationships
Here are four dos and don'ts of distancing yourself from the damaging effects of bad relationships.

Loving God and loving people is our ultimate purpose
Why do you do what you do? That job, relationship, ministry, hobby, recreation or project that you're part ofâdo you do it for yourself?

When church lets you down
When we first walked through the doors of our new Church it was like coming home. We didn't realise then that it would also be the place that would almost destroy our faith completely

'Some good in Judah': How a sinful king is a sign of grace
When King Rehoboam succeeded his father Solomon as King of Israel, things immediately started to go wrong

The dark secret of a great hymn: 'All things bright and beautiful'
It's sometimes assumed to be an anti-evolution hymn, written in answer to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Should you use your smartphone during worship?
How do we find a place for them in the church today so that we don't take away from our worship of God?

Does the Bible say Christians shouldn't marry non-Christians?
For many Christians this isn't a theoretical question, but one of burning personal urgency.

7 verses on the importance of intercession
To intercede is to pray and intervene on behalf of another. That's exactly what Jesus did for us and what the Holy Spirit does for us when we can no longer do things on our own, which is something that happens often.

The miracle of small group discipleship
We think of the word 'miracle' and we probably gain a picture of overflowing finances, miraculous healing, great revival or people laughing and crying in the presence of God. But never do we think of small group or discipleship as a miracle.

Why a healthy spiritual diet can't just rely on one-minute Bible scans
It so often feels nowadays that we're always catching up with time, and one of the first life essentials that goes out the window is our personal time with God.

Why doesn't God just let blessings fall in my lap?
God's blessing is best understood in the context of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. To demand blessing apart from the Lordship of Jesus only shows the idolatry of the selfâthat we would desire our own needs over obedience to the will of God.

Court in England orders baby's life support to be removed against parents' wishes
A local court in England allowed officials from the Northampton General Hospital to unplug a severely disabled 14-week-old baby from his ventilator and move him to a palliative care unit to dieâall against the young child's parents' wishes.