By Not Known The first place to study worship is in the last book of the Bible. The worship of , heaven is the model for the church on earth, for heaven’s worship is perfect (Heb 8:1-2;9:11,23-24). All earthly worship is flawed, for we always bring imperfect hearts in worship of a God who deserves…

By Not Known Children can be a bother. Infants demand feeding and playing at untimely moments. Older children need to be sent here and there, let alone the mounting costs of child rearing. Teenagers have intriguing ways to unbalance their parents. And then they become young adults – clinging too closely to the parental home…

By Not Known The Scripture teaches that God saves. We don’t save ourselves. Nor is there a partnership between equals. As Eph 1:3-14 outlines, God has done all needed for our salvation in his works to predestine, justify, sanctify and glorify (Eph 1:3). And that is why all praise belongs to him for salvation and…

By Not Known There are a lot sad people about town just now. Their paper wealth is tumbling in the stock market slide. Or perhaps their en bloc sale ‘fell over’ and they depend on a new and better offer being made and the market holding up. Just a little while ago many of these…

By Not Known They say that God moves in mysterious ways. This seems to be so when we look at the people that God welcomes into his kingdom. Consider: the coward who passed off his wife as his sister to protect himself and then became the father of God’s people (Abraham) the murderer who became…

By Not Known There are different starting points in life where people like you and I first come to seek God. Some seek him out of times of trouble and sickness; others out of a sense of aimlessness and fear of the unknown; still others out of curiosity or a desire for some kind of…

By Not Known Change is inevitable if we are growing. Growth involves change. Though many of us do not like change, it does not mean that we do not want to grow. Yet, we cannot desire one and not welcome the other. The key is to manage change as we grow. When we are drawn…

By Not Known Several people influenced me a great deal when I was growing up as a young Christian. These people poured their lives into me and helped me stand firm on a few areas that formed the foundation of my Christian life, Above all, four things figured well above many other things as these…

By Not Known One of the titles of our Lord Jesus Christ most familiar with us is that of “the Author (Pioneer) and Finisher (Perfecter) of our faith” (Heb 12: 2). Peter (2 Pet 1:3) tells us how the Author and finisher’s “divine power has granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness.” This should…

By Not Known Classical growth theory popularised by Adam Smith’s 1776 treatise “An Inquiry into Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” defined output of economic growth as a functional relationship between population investment and land growth. Smith’s neat and succinct formulae had influenced many economies then, giving rise to several other new growth…