Paul's Podcast

There's a lot of stuff around Easter: the eggs, the bunnies, the furry chicks, the flowers, the roast dinners, etc, etc.
Some of this is interesting & helpful to understand; sometimes it can really he…

Today, the Apostle Paul is getting out the big gun: Abraham.
He spent chapters 1 and 2 proving justification by faith with events from his own life; now in chapter 3 he will prove it with events from …

The Apostle Paul’s exhortation in these verses is to live our lives in reliance on God’s Spirit.
As believers, we know this is a good idea. It sounds important, we know we can’t rely on ourselves, we …

History & popular culture gives us many examples of double agents. People who live two different lives at the same time.
This illustration demonstrates a key point from Galatians 2:19-21: Christians a…

There are many different roads to London. The M4, M3, M11, M1, A1, A1M, A4, A40, A24, A214, A503, A30… ok, you get the picture.
Whittier in Alaska, on the other hand, has one road. A single road going…

No one likes a hypocrite. We don't. The Apostle Paul doesn't. Jesus doesn't. And our Heavenly Father doesn't.
What practical lessons can we learn from Peter's error in Antioch?
Let's take a look...

Fin…

-Antidisestablishmentarianism.
-Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia*.
-Supercalifradgealisticexpealoidocious.
These are long words that don’t really matter.
A short, simple yes though - that matters.
In …

Are you any good at saying no? Not everybody is. It can be hard to say no sometimes...
But what we say no to will shape the course of our lives. It is vital that we have someone in our lives who can t…

In a lot of the action movies I’ve seen - and I've definitely seen too many - there is often some kind of kidnapping. And the dialogue between the bad guys and the good guys usually goes something li…

From here until the end of chapter 2, Galatians focuses on Paul's life.
If we understand Paul's life correctly, we have a fantastic example of what a life dedicated to Christ should look like.
If we un…

We find Paul marvelling today - and not in a good way.
He is marvelling (concerned with) what he is hearing from Galatia. Concerned about the gospel, concerned about a  false one being taught, concern…

Paul is a man on a mission. 
A man sent by Jesus, with a message about Jesus, with a motive to bring God glory.
Does that sound anything like us Christians today? It should do...

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Our Bible is full of twos: two paths, two women, two champions, two kinsman, two types of fruit...
We like twos because it makes things very clear to us - one is clearly different to the other, so it …

We already know that charity is a big deal. We may even already know what 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 says. But do we know that there are 9 things we can give away - for free - that will help us love each o…

Colossians 1 finds Paul very thankful & very prayerful. Thankful for the true believers in the church there; prayerful over their continued spiritual growth. See, he can spot a true believer by what …

There is a big difference between hearing about something & knowing about something.
Just hearing about something doesn’t change your life, knowing about it can do.
Hearing the World Cup is starting do…

Christmas lights for inside the house, Christmas lights for outside the house & Christmas lights for on the tree.
Christmas soldiers, Christmas polar bears & even Christmas puppies. 
Go onto a coffee s…

This week we studied one of the most remarkable events in world history: the birth of Christ. In terms of significance, this will only ever be matched by two other events - his death & resurrection, …

The Christmas story is a story that has been told so many times by so many people in so many different ways…
Firstly, this means it is not always easy to separate the truth from fable.
Secondly, even w…

The Holy Spirit is busy. Busy convicting, indwelling, baptizing, regenerating, adopting & sealing... but what does this mean for us?
Pastor Brian Clark concludes our mini-series on The Holy Spirit Acc…