(October 16, 2025) Brian Bell shares about repeating oneself…
Question: Ever been told you talk too much?
A few decades ago, I was told that I tended to repeat myself… no, not by my wife, Eveline (she who says that I am ‘the quiet man’!’).
But seriously, did you know that Psalm 107 is a chapter of repetition? I was taught that when scripture repeats a matter it’s emphasising a matter of real importance. So, I trust that you too sense that God is saying very important to our hearts here.
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(October 14, 2025) Dr Richard Winter sincerely and deeply challenges…
Question: Why don’t people like coming to church?
a) Implication
Some of the reasons may be—
But the big answer to this question seems to be— There are too many hypocrites in church.
Just a side note before we delve deeper… Hypocrites are mentioned 12 times in Matthew. Jesus spoke about them to His disciples, so if this was important to Jesus it has to be important to us!
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(October 5, 2025) Berean’s staff shares on Genesis 3:4-7, 1Peter 5:10, Revelation 20:10,14-15…
‘“You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realised they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.’
Satan’s Objective
In verse 4, Satan slyly convinces Eve that God has lied to them by withholding from them the ability to become ‘like God, knowing good and evil.’ God was being unfair, he argues, keeping them from their potential. The passage suggests that, after hearing this, Eve did not hesitate one bit in making her decision.
She took the bait without even flinching and ignorantly promoted the interests of Satan by giving the forbidden fruit to her husband. In effect, she signed on to advance Satan’s objective— to derail God’s plan to create humankind in His spiritual image.
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(September 27, 2025) Dr Richard Winter challenges…
How to backslide?
‘What?’ you’re exclaiming, probably shocked by this title! The reality is that no Christian ever plans on backsliding, yet it happens. Stay with me, readers…
The prophet Jeremiah admitted backsliding happened many times. He wrote in Jeremiah 3:21-22 that although Israel had forgotten God, He was graciously saying ‘Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.’
The apostle Paul wrote a lot about backsliding… note his warning in Galatians 6:7GWV, ‘Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you’ll harvest.’
Apostasy
Let’s get to the point here—
(September 14, 2025) Brian Bell shares…
This short meditation is taken from a New Testament encounter in the life of the Lord Jesus, which is found in John’s gospel 5:1-11NKJV.
The Place Jesus Walked
Verse 1 describes the place as ‘a pool which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.’
While the physical structure of this place was likely an area with five covered walkways around the pool, Bethesda means ‘house of mercy.’
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(August 23, 2025) Dr Jim McClure shares parts 4 and 5 regarding the book of Habakkuk, concluding this series…
In part 1, I pointed out that Habakkuk was angry with God and deeply troubled as he couldn’t understand God’s actions and purposes… that he was a prophet with genuine questions.
The following are two more aspects—
4. Authoritative Answer (2:2-20)
(i) Declaration (2:2-3)
God’s answer was direct.
‘Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it”’ (2:2 GNB). Habakkuk was told to make a permanent record of that important message. God declared that He would indeed act and that the revelation Habakkuk received would take place at ‘an appointed time’, that is… at the precise time determined by God!
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(August 23, 2025) Dr Jim McClure shares deep insights regarding the troubled prophet Habakkuk…
Habakkuk, a contemporary of Nahum and Zephaniah, was in deep emotional and spiritual anguish!
He would have been familiar with the words of Moses— ‘Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He’ (Deuteronomy 32:3-4).
But how could he reconcile that principle of his faith with the ongoing sense of international insecurity and widespread corruption in the world in which he lived?
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(August 20, 2025) Dr Richard Winter challenges troubled Christians to sing in our darkest times.
There are times in life when things are hard, and life is difficult. Has that been the case in your life? Encountered dark hours?
In Acts 16, Paul and Silas were beaten and thrown into prison. They didn’t know whether they would be rescued or killed for their faith. Nevertheless, they prayed and sang to the Lord in their darkest hour. How were they able to do that, you ask. Because God is worthy of our worship no what matter our circumstances.
Hence a question for any troubled reader, any troubled Christian…
It’s easy to sing when times are good, but how easily do you sing when times are bad?
(July 20, 2025) Dr Richard Winter challenges…
Most people I have met realise being known as just a ‘good person’ is not good enough! After all, how does one measure goodness? Is my measurement a universal measurement? Can I apply my measurement to every human being?
The Bible’s measurement of human beings tells us that the human condition is broken and sinful and we can’t do or say enough good things to overcome our broken condition. Therefore we need a Saviour— Jesus Christ!
God’s Amazing Grace
But here’s the good news— God offers us forgiveness of sins through faith in Jesus and what He accomplished on the cross when He died for our sins. That act of kindness and mercy is God’s grace.
(July 15, 2025) Brian Bell pinpoints some scriptural truths…
Of all the scriptures contained in our Bible, surely Psalms are the most read. If like me you turn to them frequently, then you may agree the psalmist often seems to be able to reflect the thoughts of one’s heart.
For example, during the past two weeks I found myself in a personal situation for which I was seeking an answer and one morning I read in Psalm 15:4 about those who ‘… keep their promises even when it hurts.’ This gave me the direction I needed to complete a financial transaction!
In Psalm 19 the psalmist presents us with some excellent thoughts which I will share with you dear readers, perhaps similar thoughts to those you may have considered from your own reading. The verses I quote are from my NLT Bible.
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