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The Mysteries of God

The Mysteries of God

Mr Roberts is at it again as he gives us another offering from his pen. One hundred pages, fourteen small chapters that can be read in ten minute sessions, dealing with those truths of scripture that [...]

The Good God

The Good God

I wonder what you think about when you hear ‘the Trinity’ mentioned. Often it is seen as a distant ‘mystical’, mathematical problem, explained using strange illustrations involving eggs or water/ice that leave us confused and bewildered. [...]

The Trinity at work in salvation

The Trinity at work in salvation

The one true and living God is greater and more glorious than the one understood by Islam, modern Judaism and the heretical sects. God has revealed Himself to be Father, Son and Holy Spirit, three Persons [...]

What is fellowship with God?

What is fellowship with God?

Christianity is history, rooted and grounded in solid historical fact. It is not a myth. But knowing God is not just a history lesson. Christianity has powerful and unique teachings or doctrines: God is one, but [...]

Adoring the Trinity

Adoring the Trinity

The epistle to the Ephesians begins with a eulogy celebrating the glory of salvation (Eph. 1:3-14). Without any explanation or embarrassment Paul’s theology is unmistakably Trinitarian. The doctrine of the Trinity is at the heart of [...]

Amazing and essential

Amazing and essential

This article is hard-hitting. But please hear me out. Those targeted are preachers and ordinary Christians like ourselves. We are all in this together. And the blame must be shared. Why? Why is there so little [...]

Angels, help us!

Angels, help us!

Every Christmas, what I call the one ‘fringe benefit’ of my calling arrives: an invitation to the village school’s nativity play! Even in these post-Christian days, this Christmas tradition is holding its own. Because of that, [...]

This thing called love

This thing called love

In the 1970s, Johnny Cash defined love in this way: You can’t see it with your eyes, hold it in your hands, but like the wind that covers our land it’s strong enough to rule the [...]

Taste and See that the Lord is Good

Taste and See that the Lord is Good

The starting point for this excellent book is the simple but insightful question asked by the author’s three-year-old daughter, ‘Who is God?’ To start answering this question, James takes complex and weighty theological issues, illustrating them [...]

The Joy of Fearing God

The Joy of Fearing God

As the author acknowledges in the opening paragraphs of this book, the title, The Joy of Fearing God might be considered by some to be a strange one. Fear to us conjures up many negative connotations, [...]