Acts 8:18 ‘And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, saying, Give me also this power, that on whosoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.’ Indignant, Peter rebuked Simon the Magician. The gift of ...

John 13:14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. Years ago, my youngest son was searching for an Aesop’s Fable to present to his class. He finally settled on the story about the lazy grasshopper and the hard-working ...

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. In the opening pages of ‘The Hobbit’, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Bilbo Baggins receives an invitation to go on a journey. Surrounded by comfort, security and certainty, it comes swooping down upon him unexpectedly. ...

Revelation 5:1  And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. As John gazed in awe upon the scene revealed to him in Revelation 5 of the Heavenly throne-room, his eyes were drawn ...

‘They who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, do practice any sin, or cherish any lust, do thereby destroy the end of Christian liberty, which is, that being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve the LORD without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the ...