After his initial introduction to the Galatians, Paul outlines his early years as a Christian, to show that the gospel he preaches was not only half the story, as the infiltrators claimed.  Paul’s gospel is God’s gospel.  He shows this in two ways. Firstly, for the...

In Galatians 1:7, the Apostle Paul warns the Christians in Galatia that some people are trying to ‘pervert the gospel of Christ’.  Yet the word ‘pervert’ is used elsewhere in the NT to mean ‘reverse’.  For example, Acts 2:20 says ‘the sun will be turned into (same...

Why is it that when God punishes people in the Bible, he scatters them?  God scattered Adam and Eve out of the garden.  God scattered Cain to be a restless wanderer.  And God scattered the people of Babel by confusing their languages.  It’s because being scattered...

It is interesting that our sermon topic for today (set down 6 months ago) is about church unity, when as we speak, the worldwide Anglican communion is on the brink of splitting.  If you’re not aware, GAFCON (The Global Anglican Future’s Conference) has been underway...

The Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9) is about people who built ‘a tower that reaches to the heavens’ (v. 4).  God responds by saying ‘If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them’.  God is...

Neo-Atheists have been claiming for decades that Christians believe in God despite evidence to the contrary.  The fascinating thing is, all they need to do to prove their case is show beyond reasonable doubt that Easter Sunday never happened.  The Bible itself tells...