Matthew 1:18-25 We’re born, we live, we die. We all conform to this universal pattern. If we’re going to get out of the hole we’re in, it’s going to have to be an outside job. We need someone who breaks the chain. Someone not ordinary but extra-ordinary. And that is what we find in Jesus – a unique birth producing a unique baby.
Matthew 1:1-17 ‘Go and tell everyone everywhere they need to become my disciples and start following and obeying me’. That’s where Matthew’s Gospel ends. An outrageous thing for anyone to say, never mind a carpenter from Nazareth. Why should we take him seriously? Who even is he? That’s where Matthew’s Gospel begins.
Nahum 3 Though his name means ‘comfort,’ the message is clear—sin and shame are intertwined, and true freedom from shame comes when sin is judged.
Psalm 19 If the atheist is right, then we live in a world with no ultimate meaning, no purpose, no hope. But the world of Psalm 19 is very different – and this is the real world – a world in which God is there and is not silent.
Nahum 2 The Lord righteously judges in order to restore his people. This is a message of hope and justice.
Nahum 1 The Lord is a warrior who defeats his enemies and delivers his people
1 John 5:13-21 We live in an uncertain world, and so much in our lives is uncertain too. What do you really know for sure? These final verses of the letter give us five things we know for sure, if we trust in Christ – five certainties to celebrate.