Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised as the firstfruits from the dead, then a

Names have meaning. Perhaps we don't think about that fact as much as people in other cultures and times. Amongst the ancient Israelites...

Today is Friday the 13th, counted by some as the unluckiest day of the year. These superstitious types may be glad to get this day out of...

This is the last of a series of three posts based around 1 Corinthians 12, in which I am exploring three features of the body of Christ....

In this series of three posts, based around 1 Corinthians 12, I am exploring three features of the body of Christ. The first post in the...

Recently, I was speaking in a conference on 1 Corinthians 12. This blog post, and two subsequent ones, are based on what I shared in that...

Growing up in a Christian home, I never learned sabbath. I knew one of the Ten Commandments was about Sabbath observance: remember it and...

This week, I have been busy at New Horizon in my first year as Chair. I have something of a ‘love hate’ relationship with big events like...

As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes,...

When the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set his face to go to Jerusalem. And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and...

I don’t often blog about politics in Northern Ireland. It’s a sure way to lose friends locally and confuse readers more widely. I...

This Sunday I will be preaching in Ballymena on Mark 13. That chapter was assigned to me as part of a series the church I am visiting is...

This morning I was speaking in Finaghy Baptist Church (where I am a member) on Matthew 5 verse 7: Blessed are the merciful, for they...

One of the unusual things about preaching in various different churches is that I find myself having to preach under a title and on a...

One week on from the momentous vote and a single word captures the mood of the nation: ‘uncertainty’. Uncertainty about future...

This morning I was preaching in Scrabo Hall in Newtonards. The passage I had been given was Mark ch 15 verses 33 to 41. In this passage...