Consistency: Building a Steady Walk with God — Part 1

Many believers sincerely love God and want to follow him faithfully. They pray, worship, serve and seek to live according to his Word. Yet even with that genuin...

When We Use Scripture to Avoid Scripture

Over the past few weeks, I have found myself reflecting on Scripture, on conversations with others and, perhaps most importantly, on my own heart. One thought has ...

Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom in Our Walk with God

As I reflected on Scripture, I kept coming back to three words that sit at the heart of our spiritual growth: knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Although we often ...

Looking at Obedience in Scripture

If you search an English Bible for the words obey, obedience, obeyed, obeying and similar variations, you will find between 140 and 200 occurrences, depend...

Malachi Series: Looking Ahead (7 of 7)

"But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays." — Malachi 4:2 Looking Beyond the Present As Malachi draws to a c...

Malachi Series: The Faithful Remnant (6 of 7)

"Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who fe...

Malachi Series: Returning to God (5 of 7)

"Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord Almighty. — Malachi 3:7 Throughout the Book of Malachi, God confronts his people about dishonouring him, d...

Malachi Series: Justice and Obedience (4 of 7)

"You have wearied the Lord with your words. 'How have we wearied him?' you ask. By saying, 'All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with...

Malachi Series: Covenant Unfaithfulness (3 of 7)

"Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women wh...