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Janie and I are really blessed with our adult children and their families. We number 15 (4 couples including the oldies) and 7 grandchildren) and this year is a bit special for us as we celebrate 50 years of married life together in August. Fiona is our youngest and she was leading the worship at the Origin Resurrection Event in the Usher Hall last Sunday evening (20th April). I was not able to attend as I was doing Bible teaching on a zoom meeting but I have heard good repor

You might remember that I used to share Linda's choice of hymns / spiritual songs on a Monday. Some of my Facebook friends used to like to listen to her choice of Christian songs. Since then, I have been posting blogs on the Life of David which is becoming increasingly unpopular. The last one had a total of 7 views and it took more than 7 hours to do the technical stuff of transferring from my PowerPoint to the website in a format which could be used by everyone.

Nearly everyone has fallen asleep in church at some time or another. It is extremely common and highly embarrassing; especially the awkward moment when suddenly coming to and finding your head closer to your knees than it should be. Several questions flood the mind when it happens. How long have I been asleep? Can the minister see me? Who is sitting directly behind me? Was I snoring? The best way out of the dilemma is to slowly begin to nod your head as if in full agreement w

In both chapter 24 & 26 David had to resist pressure from others who firmly believed that God had brought about these golden opportunities

Among the few Old Testament characters mentioned in the Gospels, the Queen of Sheba along with King Solomon secure a prominent place

By God's Grace I have met that fisherman in the Sinaï more that  forty years ago and introduced him to Yeshua as the fulfilment of Isaiah 53

Chapter 25 of First Samuel has all the ingredients of a powerful story. There is a reversal of 'fortune' with the victim winning out.

Here are three such easily remembered phrases from the KJV about the Holy Spirit, expressed in words we can easily carry around in our minds

Johan tells us about the beginning of the restoration work that the Lord has done. God calls Abraham and Sarah to leave Ur of the Chaldeans.

As I have been studying the first book of Samuel, I have been prompted to reflect on the question, "Who is my enemy?" 

According to his enemies, Nehemiah was a nutcase. Here he was coming all the way from Persia to Jerusalem to rebuild the city walls.

This was the first time I had seen two young people being baptised in a swimming pool. The baptism produced a cheer from those watching.

Chapter 24 of First Samuel is a powerful, dramatic chapter. David is given a golden opportunity to take revenge on King Saul.

For the last six years, I have been travelling to east Africa to teach the Bible to pastors and church leaders.

Johan is dealing with Genesis 10 and 11 in this episode. This is the origin of Babylon which features prominently all through the Bible

In today's study we are looking at Psalm 54 which was written when David was betrayed by the Ziphites who came from his own tribe of Judah.

The day Philip took Nathaniel to meet Jesus opened up new horizons he would never have seen had he stayed under the shade of the fig tree

Johan continues his studies in the book of Genesis illustrating how the Scriptures speak about Jesus. Today he covers Genesis chapter 9.

This is the third week I have shared studies in the Life of David from First Samuel and the Psalms. Today we are looking at Psalm 52.

Every Christian is a letter written by Christ through the Spirit of the living God. We all learned to write using a pencil