In 1 Samuel 23 King Saul finds out that David is staying at a town called Keilah.  In his jealous hatred for David, Saul takes his army to Keilah in order to kill him.  When David finds out about this he inquires of the Lord using the Urim and Thummim, stored in the...

Psychologists tell us shame is one of the most debilitating facets of human existence, which every human suffers from.  Ever since the fall (Gen 3), humans have known deep down that there is something very wrong with us.  The reason Adam and Eve sewed fig leaves...

Famed author and journalist Peter Hitchens once said ‘if the resurrection of Jesus Christ is real, then there is nothing in human existence that isn’t profoundly affected by it’.  Due to the significance of the very first Easter Sunday, let’s briefly examine the...

Following the glorious picture that was the transfiguration, Jesus and his 3 closest companions are brought back down to earth with a crash in Matt 17:14-23 (last week’s sermon passage).  They are confronted with (i) a large crowd, (ii) a helpless father, and (iii) 9...

In last week’s sermon passage, Jesus’ 3 best friends got a glimpse of his heavenly glory (Matt 17:1-13).  Yet they were not the only ones on the Mount of Transfiguration.  Moses and Elijah were there too; the 2 OT figures who had themselves experienced God’s glory on...

Last week’s sermon passage was the first major climax in the gospel of Matthew.  Since his opening verses, Matthew has been asking his readers ‘who is Jesus?’  In Matt 16:16 we hear it from Peter’s mouth; ‘The Messiah, the Son of the living God’.  The fascinating...