There are two ends to the spectrum when we think about the spiritual gifts and miraculous moves of God. At the one end we have the faith healer waving his white besuited arms in order to distract our attention from his outrageous, gravity defying hair, his wild unsubstantiated claims and gross mangling of Scripture. We…
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In the tenth of a new 19 part series, Andy Evans looks at how believers can be filled with the fullness of God through Christ.
The Songs of Ascent are a collection of Psalms (running from Psalm 120 through to Psalm 135) which pilgrims sang as they travelled towards Jerusalem and up to the temple. In Psalm 125, the Psalmist reflects upon the strength and security offered by Mount Zion. As he does so, he comes to understand that true strength…
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In the ninth of a new 19 part series, Andy Evans looks at receiving Christ Jesus as Lord and walking in Him.
The Songs of Ascent are a collection of Psalms (running from Psalm 120 through to Psalm 135) which pilgrims sang as they travelled towards Jerusalem and up to the temple. In Psalm 124, the Psalmist takes us through the travails which assailed the Israelites and celebrates the Living God as Rescuer of his people. In…
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Ba da ba da de… What, you may ask, is that melodious but slightly disquieting noise? That, my friend, is the sound of me humming a refrain from Matt Redman’s latest (but no longer new) studio album, Beautiful News. You see, Beautiful News is best described by the musical (and technical) term ‘poptastic’. This is…
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In the eighth of a new 19 part series, Andy Evans looks at how we should be on our guard against false gospels, with particular reference to the very first distortion of the gospel in Genesis.
The Songs of Ascent are a collection of Psalms (running from Psalm 120 through to Psalm 135) which pilgrims sang as they travelled towards Jerusalem and up to the temple. In Psalm 123, the Psalmist laments with the people of God as they experience the scorn and contempt of those around them and calls on the…
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‘I like BIG BOOKS and I cannot lie…‘ If these really were the lyrics to that song (and they’re not) and Sir Mix-a-Lot was a Christian (and I have good reason to believe that he isn’t) then that song could well have been written about this book. You see, Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology is indeed…
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In the seventh of a new 19 part series, Ronnie Evans looks at how Christ is sufficient to meet all our needs, whether individual, national or universal.
