Another delve into the life of Samson I wrote about Samson recently. It’s a well-known story, but I think there’s still a little more to unpack. In fact, it probably warrants a book—but let’s not get carried away! Judges 13 is a story that unfolds in layers: it’s about a people lost in cycles of rebellion, a barren… Read More »

Seek the Welfare of the City: A Prophetic Call to Be Different There are challenges ahead for us in 2025—but God, being God, is already there, waiting for us—not to confront us, but to be with us. We can draw encouragement from the truth that God has a plan. It’s not Plan A, B, or C. More like… Read More »

Every generation probably has a moment when they take a weary glance at what is going on around them and come to the conclusion that the precarious days they are living in must be the most anxious ever—can things get any worse? We can’t ignore our anxiety—it keeps us awake at night, steals our joy, and fills us… Read More »

Let’s talk about essential foundations. A few years ago, on holiday in Fethiye, Turkey, I borrowed a canoe and made my way across what I considered a short distance over the sea to what I thought was a nearby island. A few hundred yards from the island, I suddenly found the canoe being covered by bees! They had… Read More »

What’s the best gift you’ve ever been given at Christmas? More than likely, you’ll find yourself lost for words, scrambling through your memories. Some gifts are practical—clothes, kitchen utensils, and so on. Others bring pure joy and great purpose. But have you ever received three gifts that no one else in the world received—guaranteed? That’s precisely what happened… Read More »

As the year draws to a close, it feels like the whole world is holding its breath. Not just in that “Christmas is coming” kind of way, but in the kind of way where people are bracing themselves. There’s an ache in the air, a tension you can almost taste. For all of us, it’s been a chaotic… Read More »

An interesting theological and philosophical question often posed is this: If you cut a tree down in the Garden of Eden minutes after creation, how many rings would it have? There are answers (the day-age theory, for example), but my question is about Noah’s Ark. You know the story: a man, a flood, a giant boat, and animals… Read More »

I’ve heard a few sermons about the parable of the lost sheep—and to be fair, the preachers on those days did a good job—but I couldn’t help but think about one thing… well, 99 of them. The parable was so named by us, not Jesus. He told the parable-story, and we added the title, ghost-writing it, ready for… Read More »

There is nothing like the manifest presence of God and witnessing His seemingly raw omnipotence at work. That omnipotence—unrestrained, limitless power—knows no boundaries and is accompanied by the Lordship of Christ, embodying power, authority, and omniscience in all things, for all time and beyond. Where am I going with this – what am I alluding to? Where do… Read More »

My wife and I recently met with a young Christian leader who preaches regularly at our church. As we sat around the wood burner that evening, our conversation shifted to the moves of God in recent years. My friend has never experienced a move of God—that manifest presence, that heavy sense of His glory that lingers over worship.… Read More »

You might need to read this … Matthew 8:23–27 is a big challenge—not just to me, but to you too, as you’ll see. This story isn’t just a story; it’s a mirror, a picture of what it means to live, to trust, and to follow Jesus in the real world—in life, because, to be honest, storms are everywhere;… Read More »

Meet Malchus There’s a moment, tucked away in the chaos of Gethsemane, that most of us overlook. The garden is dimly lit, tension fills the air, and Jesus—fully God, fully man—stands on the brink of His ultimate purpose. And right there, in the middle of betrayal, violence, swords, and confusion, we meet Malchus. Malchus? Who is he? His… Read More »

Keep looking. Whatever happened to the angels? The ones who lit up the sky over Bethlehem with “Glory to God in the highest”? The ones who rolled away stones and sat on them as if death were a mere inconvenience? Do they not show up anymore? Or is it that we’ve forgotten how to see? Throughout Scripture, angels… Read More »

Ehud does not disappoint…. The story of Ehud in Judges 3 is one of those gritty, unpredictable tales where God works in ways no one sees coming. It’s uncomfortable, even shocking at times, but it’s laced with divine purpose. First, we see that God uses the unexpected. Ehud was left-handed—a detail that seems trivial until you realise how… Read More »

Where did you lose your sharpness, passion, or intimacy with God? Even if you are not “prophetic,” the story in 2 Kings 6 feels almost like a coming-of-age narrative, offering a glimpse into the life, times, and ministry of the prophet left behind—Elisha. It’s a story of prophets, building projects, trees, water, and a precarious piece of iron.… Read More »

Where did you lose your sharpness, passion, or intimacy with God? Even if you are not “prophetic,” the story in 2 Kings 6 feels almost like a coming-of-age narrative, offering a glimpse into the life, times, and ministry of the prophet left behind—Elisha. It’s a story of prophets, building projects, trees, water, and a precarious piece of iron.… Read More »

We’ve probably all heard the story from our younger days—little David facing off against the man-giant Goliath, armed only with a sling and five water-smoothed stones taken from a stream in the Valley of Elah. Five stones. Why not six? Here’s David, standing on one side of the valley, staring down a man whose immense size is matched… Read More »

You know the story—Balaam’s donkey. Talking. Yes, talking. It’s wild, it’s weird, and it’s in the Bible (Numbers 22). In short, you’ve got a prophet on a mission, an angel with a sword, and a donkey that suddenly becomes the most reasonable character in the whole drama. And somehow, in all this strangeness, there’s a truth so sharp… Read More »

My Sermon notes for Phil 4:1-5 So picture this. You’re in prison. Cold, cramped, Roman chains pressing against your wrists and ankles. You’re not a hardened criminal, but to them, you might as well be. This is Paul’s life as he writes to the church in Philippi. The Roman world does not understand him, nor his mission. But… Read More »

We’ve all done a fair bit of repenting in our time, some more than others—yet, once this journey is undertaken, it is followed by a measure of restoration, reconciliation, and renewal. It won’t take long to realise that, for a season, we may find ourselves struggling with a “favourite” sin—a particular weakness we’re most inclined to fall into.… Read More »