The Tallest Man Living in Pakistan
One week ago I was waiting with our GCS team in the ticketing hall of Jinnah Airport in Karachi to check into our flight to Islamabad, when we saw…
Anyone who has flown with the low cost airline Ryanair will know that customers that have purchased Priority Boarding are permitted to board first to avoid the long queues. Priority…
2 Timothy 4:1–8 Paul’s parting words to Timothy are a window to his heart. He affords ‘preaching the word’ as the main responsibility. As far as Paul is…
Mark 4:26-29 This story told by Jesus illustrates what the kingdom of God is like. It begins with the seed because inherent in the seed is life. The…
2 Corinthians 9:6–15, Matthew 5:16 and Hebrews 13:16 These portions of Scripture talk about doing good in order to bring about a response of thanksgiving to God…
Mark 4:3–20; Matthew 13:31–33 Both of these passages reveal to us that the growth of God’s kingdom is gradual and mysterious. It doesn’t occur all at once. It also…
Genesis 3:1–19, 23–24 and Matthew 4:1–11, 17 These passages depict two of the greatest temptation scenes recorded in Scripture. Both also reveal and identify Satan as the ‘tempter’…
Acts 17:22-34 Ignorance is bliss, but a little knowledge is a very dangerous thing. This was certainly the case with the people in Athens. They were lovers of…
Matthew 9:35–38 Verse 35 of Matthew chapter 9 summarizes the cycle of Jesus’ ministry of teaching, preaching and healing, recalling a similar summary statement in Matthew 4:23–25. The…
Jonah 1:1–3, 3:1–10 God’s imperative was to deploy Jonah to preach repentance in the most unexpected place: Nineveh, a sin-ridden, idolatrous, ungodly city and a monument of rebellion against…