Christ with us in our witness

Sharing our faith with our non-Christians is an indispensable part of our relationship with Jesus but for most of us, we would we quick to admit we are not doing enough of it. We find ourselves caught in an internal tug-of-war. Often the immediate solution that comes...

Jesus – fully human and fully Lord

At the heart of Christian theology lies the ‘Incarnation’ – the belief that Jesus Christ was fully human and fully God. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John...

Out of the saltshaker and into the world

After his teaching on the ‘Beatitudes’ – which describes the kind of people God wants us to become as His children and as citizens of His kingdom – Jesus said to his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13). Using a metaphor that was very familiar to...

“Did God really say…?”

Genesis 3:1-7 In Genesis 3, we come across the moment when everything changed.  The serpent appears on the scene, not with force or a lie but a question: “Did God really say?” (verse 1a). This is what makes Genesis 3 so unnerving. Just four words. Seemingly...

somebody said

Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby. Somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, normal is history. Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct.Somebody never took a three-year-old shopping. Somebody...