Expressions of Faith

Faith is usually portrayed as something invisible and abstract. While we cannot see faith, we can perceive its existence. That is why faith is described as a ‘substance’ (Hebrews 11:1). A substance is measurable and that is why Jesus would use terms such as ‘little faith’ or ‘great faith’ to describe and quantify it. James …

The Desert: A Place of PTSD

The desert, a dry scorched place with dunes of sand, bare ground, little water, and the wildest of plants and animals. Also known as a wilderness, the desert is a place rarely inhabited. But sometimes though, we need to pass through the desert to make it to our destination. ‘When Pharaoh let the people go, …

The Time of God’s Visitation

‘They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation’ ~ Luke 19:44 Jesus speaking of the destruction that will befall Jerusalem ties it to their ignorance of not recognizing when God was among them. He says, ‘If you, even you, had only known on this day …

Taking Stock of Your Life

‘So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God’ ~ Romans 14:12 If the Christian life could be summarized in two words, it would be intentional living. It is not a haphazard kind of life as many think it to be. The world views Christians as those unrealistic people who look …

At the Last Day

Probably by now you have come to learn that God does not come at our own timings or biddings. In fact, it is not for us ‘to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority’ (Acts 1:7). God’s perfect timing and appearing seems what we would term as the last …

Cleansed to be Sent

‘As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no-one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world’ ~ John 9:4 Jesus uttered these words when He and His disciples encountered a man born blind. …

Familiarity Breeds Unbelief

‘They said, ‘Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven?’ ~ John 6:42 How can God become man? How can God have a Son? How can God be Sovereign yet give us free-will? How can God be just yet …

Asking to Receive

‘You have not, because you ask not’ ~ James 4:2 As we get older, asking becomes harder. This may even extend to asking from God. In a world full of unmet expectations and seemingly unanswered prayers, we come to conclude, why ask in the first place? It then becomes that we have not, even though …

Descendants of Jesus

Jesus is ‘the firstborn over all creation’ (Colossians 1:15), and so all mankind follows after Him. However, the relation does not come by lineage, but by choice- that is why Jesus says, ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me’ (Matthew 16:24). The relation also …