Luke 1:26-38 After the horrific shootings in San Bernadino, California, a newspaper headline said, ‘God is not fixing this’. It’s hard to deny that the world is in a mess. But Christmas tells us God is at work to fix things – in the most remarkable way.
2 Timothy 4:1-18 Fast-forward in your mind. You’ve just been told you’ve got a few months to live. You’re lying in bed in the hospice. Will you look back with regret, realising you pursued things of no lasting value, or will you look back on a life invested for eternity? Will you look forward with fear, or with just a vague hope of some hereafter, or with certain expectation of an eternal future with God?
2 Timothy 4:1-18 You’re lying in bed in a hospice. You’ve just been told you’ve only weeks left to live. What will your perspective be as you look back on your life and look ahead to death? Will you be able to say with the apostle Paul that you have fought the good fight and finished the race and are longing to meet the Lord?
Luke 12:13-21 Should we take Jesus’ warning against greed seriously? If so, why is greed so dangerous and what should our motive be for being generous with our wealth?
John 14:8-14 Even if we haven’t ever spoken the words “I wish I had your faith”, we have probably at least thought them. Perhaps we know a keen Christian who has a peace, a boldness, and a freedom which we find very attractive. But how do we grow in this spiritual certainty?
Should politicians “do God”? David Burrowes was elected MP for Enfield-Southgate in 2005, with the largest swing of any seat in the country. He was appointed to the front bench…
