One night in Genesis God took Abram outside his tent and told him to look into the night sky. He told Abram to number the stars, and that this would tell him something about his future offspring. “And [the LORD] took [Abram] outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and...
The battle of Michmash, between the Israelite and Philistine armies, is recorded in 1 Samuel 14. The two opposing armies were not matched in strength. The Philistines were much stronger. Despite being the weaker of the two forces, the Israelites were keen to capture...
My friend recently told me about his near death experience, and it allowed me to make a connection between the account of the Israelites at the waters of Marah in Exodus 15, with the story of the Samaritan Woman in John 4. I want to share this with you today, and more...
The Zacchaeus story is all about how Jesus restores a man from being a defrauder of God to becoming a follower. But what is the purpose? In this final episode of our five-part series, we are going to discuss the purpose of discipleship… what did Zacchaeus do once he...
When Jesus invites Himself to the home of Zacchaeus, why do the people grumble? Shouldn’t they be rejoicing that someone who is most despised is being restored? Or is something else going on? Do they really want what Jesus is doing? In this five-part series, we are...
When Zacchaeus realised that he was not able to see Jesus, he climbed into a tree. Have you ever wondered why he did that? Was it only so that he could get above the crowd, or is there a deeper meaning to his action? In this five-part series, we are going to discover...
What prevented Zacchaeus from seeing Jesus? And what is it that prevents us from following him? In this five-part series we are going to discover what it means to be a disciple and to do this we will use the encounter between Jesus and Zacchaeus as our blueprint. In...
Christianity is becoming increasingly narcissistic. For many Christians being a disciple of Jesus is seen as a pathway to self improvement and fulfilment. However is this really what being a disciple of Jesus is all about?