In this week’s video, you may think I get a tad provocative, taking aim at the secular religion of inclusiveness, which truly is a golden calf.
To find out why, watch this week’s reflections:
Video Sermon: How and Why Should We Keep the Ten Commandments Today?
So this week we get to Mount Sinai and God gives the Ten Commandments. Find the reading at Exodus 20:1-20.
But how do we regard these laws in a post-Christian society? And how should Christians approach ancient Jewish laws from the perspective of the Gospel? How should we live in the light of them today?
These are the questions behind this week’s talk. I hope you find it helpful.
Forthcoming: Interview with Liz Carter
I know I’m largely only posting video devotions every Sunday morning at present, but I have in the pipeline an interview with Liz Carter about her new book ‘Treasure in Dark Places‘.
Two years ago, IVP published Liz’s book ‘Catching Contentment‘, a biblical look at how to be content when no life circumstances can provide that contentment.
Liz knows what she’s talking about, as she has had a serious chronic degenerative lung condition since her youth. ‘Catching Contentment’ was my book of the year two years ago.
Here’s a flavour of what’s coming. The interview is planned to appear on 21st October.
Video Sermon: How To Stop Quarrelling With God
Continuing this week with those pesky Israelites. In Exodus 17:1-7 they’re still moaning about God. Except they’ve upped the ante. Now it’s a full-blown quarrel.
It’s one thing bringing our pain to God, it’s quite another to quarrel with him. How do we avoid the spiritual danger of hardening our hearts against God? Here are my thoughts.
I mention a song during the talk – ‘Land of the Living’ by Bryn Haworth. You can listen to it below and you can buy it here.
Video Sermon: How God Cures Grumbling
This week, I reflect on the story of God providing manna in the wilderness for the Israelites in Exodus 16:1-15. Given that human nature hasn’t changed over three thousand years, I look at how the ways God cured their moaning can be effective when we become religious whingers today.
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Harvest Festival Sermon: Christian Motivations For Giving
This week and next week my two churches celebrate Harvest Festival. One will be supporting the Whitechapel Mission, the other Woking Foodbank.
In the video, I explore 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, where Paul is appealing to his readers to support a collection for famine-hit Jerusalem Christians, to see what best motivates Christians to give, especially to the poor.
The Power of the Passover (Sermon and Prayers)
This week’s video is based on Exodus 12:1-14, where God institutes the Passover as he prepares to liberate the Israelites from slavery and a genocidal Pharaoh in Egypt.
I’m giving this talk live in our first service back at Knaphill Methodist Church on Sunday 6th September, but attendance is only by pre-booking due to social distancing limitations and all spaces are taken.
The prayers here are different from those I’m using in the Knaphill service, because the latter is a communion service and I’m not allowed by the Methodist Church to lead communion online.
Moses, the Burning Bush, and the Name of God
Here’s this week’s video. I discuss the famous story of Moses and the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-15) and explore what God reveals about himself when he answers Moses’ request to disclose his name.
Exodus and the Power of Remembering
And here’s the second video I forgot to publish. This is me from last week on how the Israelites demonstrate the power of remembering (unlike Pharaoh and Egypt) as seen in Exodus 1:8-2:10
Guest Post: Jean Shepherd on working With God
Oh dear, it seems I’ve missed posting some recent videos. Sorry.
First up: here is guest presenter Jean Shepherd from two weeks ago, talking about how we can be co-workers with God (1 Corinthians 3:1-15):
