Isaiah 2:1-5 On God’s wall calendar there are two big blocks of time – the last days and the last day. Once we grasp God’s timetable, it’s a game-changer –…
Isaiah 2:1-5 On God’s wall calendar there are two big blocks of time – the last days and the last day. Once we grasp God’s timetable, it’s a game-changer –…
Isaiah 38-39 Ever felt disillusioned? Perhaps with someone you know personally; or with a public figure; or with humanity; or with life; or with yourself? It’s a common enough experience. What is the solution? And what’s it got to do with a king of Judah in the 8th century BC?
Some act as if the devil and demons aren’t real; others attribute every inconvenient circumstance to spiritual warfare – whether it’s a flat tyre, a traffic jam, or a price increase at KFC. What is a biblical approach to spiritual warfare?
Isaiah 34:1-10; Isaiah 35 How does God encourage the spiritually weary to press on, the drowsy to wake up, and the rebellious to turn back? By showing us what he can see but we can’t from our present position – what lies round the corner in eternity.
Isaiah 25-27 Some equate being Christian with ‘The haunting fear that someone somewhere is having a good time’. And as for heaven, that would be plain dull. The reality is that celebration is at the very heart of what it means to be Christian and God’s people are heading for the mother of all parties.
Isaiah 6:9-13 I’ve got my life to live and things have never been busier. I just don’t have time or space for God at the moment. Maybe when things quieten…
Isaiah 6:1-8 The horror film The Fly introduced into popular culture the line ‘Be afraid. Be very afraid’. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of God? Do you fear him? Is that a right response to God? If so why? And what happens if we don’t?
Isaiah 5:1-30 Some see God as a doddery, toothless, old grandfather figure who is kind and well-meaning but harmless. The picture we get in the Bible of the God who is actually there is quite different. He’s no joke. He’s dangerous and we mess with him at our peril. And so if we are wise, we will get serious about God. This series of talks from Isaiah is a chance to do just that.
Isaiah 1:10-20 These days spirituality is hot; religion is not. But what does God think of organised religion? Some worship he hates, some worship he loves – it’s important we know the difference.
Isaiah 1:1-9 In ‘A History of the World’ Andrew Marr writes, “when it comes to our appetites, our anger, our relationship with power, there has been nothing like the advance we have seen in our scientific and technical culture”. What is wrong with the world? And what is the solution?