Old men are often said to have "one foot in the grave" but those whose trust is wholly in Jesus Christ for time and eternity are not looking forward to the grave but to glory, for the Bible says that to be "absent from the body" is to be "present with the Lord". At the age of 87, therefore, I have chosen this name for my new podcast which will feature videos of talks, comments and lectures about the Bible and science and also Bible expositions.
Re-posted from four years ago
We consider the theophanies experienced by Abraham in the Old Testament, where God appears and makes promises that shape the future of nations. We see the unchanging na…
Phil Watson embarks on a journey through the third parable in Luke 15, the Parable of the Prodigal Son, one of the most profound and challenging portions of scripture. In this episode, we delve into …
Biblical beliefs have been codified for 2000 years in countless creeds and confessions but strangely no such body of documents has sought to codify biblical behaviour. Paul felt it necessary to assis…
Deeply committed to revisiting Corinth, Paul is unable to keep his promise to do so, forced to remain in Ephesus by great opportunities and equally fierce opposition. We too must acknowledge the sove…
How many covenants did God make with mankind? Just three. The Covenant with Abraham, the Covenant of Sinai, and the New Covenant in the blood of Christ (which includes the eternal covenant of Isaiah…
How do you regard giving to the work of God? Many genuine Christians see giving as a way to support their churches and missionary outreach ... a simple stand-alone responsibility which they either em…
Is it enough to receive the gospel joyfully? No, declares the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:3-23), the Bible demands a sterner test. Here we review those symbolised by the hardened soil of the pat…
Paul and Barnabas could have returned from the first missionary journey quickly and easily but such was their concern to establish their converts in the faith that they revisited the cities they had …
There are right and wrong ways to preach the gospel (Matthew 13). We explore the hidden truths that underlie the well-known parable, asking who is the ultimate sower and who are symbolized by the var…
There was no shortage of gods in Paul's day and nothing has changed. The things many people worship today, such as pleasure and money, seem to offer the good life but are dead and gone tomorrow. The …
When is a free gospel also an obligation (to both preacher and hearer?) We reflect on the Apostle Paul's joy in preaching a gospel that is without charge (1 Corinthians 9:18-27). He emphasizes the co…
Some Christians call their leaders "Your grace" when neither they nor those so addressed have the slightest idea what the Bible means by grace. The apostle Paul puts the record straight in the first …
Christians were opposed and persecuted in Paul's day and nothing has changed, but we can learn from Acts 13:44 -14:7 how the apostle defied opposition and was given new audiences for the gospel. He s…
How can something that happened 2000 years ago affect us today? The Apostle Paul explains (1 Corinthians 15:1-20) Focussing on the truth of Christ's resurrection, Paul's message is not just a refutat…
To preach the gospel we must preach Christ, so how can it be preached from OT scriptures written centuries before Jesus was born? Paul's sermon at Antioch shows us how, presenting a magnificant templ…
God has promised to guide his children but how does he do it and how do we know we are being led by a divine hand? This passage describes how striking acts of the Lord's guiding activity led to the f…
Most people believe that Jesus of Nazareth was an historical religious prophet who lived 2000 years ago and was crucified by the Romans. But the Bible teaches that he was also God in human flesh who …
A pre-christmas message by Chris Boraston leads us from the OT messianic prophecies to their fulfilment through the virgin birth of Christ who became Immanuel ("God with us") and gloriously exercised…
We live in a fallen and therefore unfair world. How must the Christian cope with this situation? By adopting a truly biblical perspective in which we trust in the sovereign wisdom of God rather than …
It might seem that Herod Agrippa exercised his cruel reign with absolute power but the message of Acts 12:20-25 tells a different story when God strikes down the tyrant and delivers the apostles and …