Christmas is about God coming to rescue helpless sinners.

God’s enemies will tremble at Christ’s second coming, but His people will rejoice.

Christ’s brutal crucifixion offers real, meaningful hope for those who have suffered the horrors of abuse.

God’s gracious rescue shines bright against the dark backdrop of man’s rebellion.

Thankfully, the gospel message doesn’t end with the goodness of God and the sinfulness of man. That wouldn’t be good news. But, in fact, God has done something about our awful condition. God sent his Son to live for us and die for us and rise again for us. Now there is a way for […]

Between my time church planting in Brazil and my work now in Edinburgh in one of Scotland’s most deprived housing schemes—a mixture of social housing and low-income homeowners—I have been on the receiving end of a lot of short-term missions teams. And while I appreciate the help, I have noticed over the years that a […]

I got given this cheeky little 126-page number this week by a visiting American. I didn’t know him all that well prior to his visit but I grew to like the big fella by the time he left. He has also made a friend of my girls for life after coming armed with Pretzel M […]

Counselling is big business in the Western World. Never has a people that has had so much materially suffered from such a range of psychological problems. Thanks to the work of groups such as CCEF, Christians have more access to solid, biblical counselling material than ever before. I was looking forward to this book, particularly […]

Andrew M Davis is a pastor I know through my links with 9Marks. I can’t remember if I bought the book or it was given to me (more likely) at T4G. Regardless, it’s written by a man with many years of experience in the ministry, and you can tell. Some books I just churn through […]

There is so much being said about the poor. We should be involved in this project or that, each one telling me, or at least implying, that if I don’t, I’m uncaring and heartless. So much of it is written as “them and us”. History clearly shows that much of it quickly becomes compromised on the […]