Preaching God’s Word at St Andrew’s, Dumbarton: 22nd November 2009
‘You, O Lord, are exalted for ever… The Lord reigns, He is robed in majesty…’(Psalm 92:8; Psalm 93:1-2). The Lord is ‘exalted’. We are to exalt Him in our worship. He is not exalted because we exalt Him. We exalt Him because He is exalted. He is ‘exalted far above all gods’. That is why [...]

Preaching God’s Word at St Andrew’s, Dumbarton: 15th November 2009
A Song of Redemption, Thanksgiving and Hope (Exodus15:1-21) This is a song of redemption – God has redeemed His people; a song of thanksgiving – we  give thanks for God’s redemption; and a song of hope – we look forward to the complete fulfilment of God’s redemption. This is not only a ‘song of  God’s people’. [...]

Some Thoughts for Remembrance Sunday – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called ch
Before we can understand what it means to be a peacemaker, we must understand what peace is and what it is not. There is a ‘peace’ that is ‘no peace. We speak of keeping the peace and not disturbing the peace. there is, however, a ‘peace’ which needs to be disturbed if we are to find [...]

Some Thoughts for Remembrance Sunday – from 2 Chronicles
In our remembering, let us not forget the Lord our God, the God of our salvation, the God whose “steadfast love endures for ever” (2 Chronicles 20:21). —– “Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. It is already in Hazazon Tamar” [...]

Some Thoughts for Remembrance Sunday – from 1 Samuel
The Book of Judges ends with the words: “every man did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:25). The situation had not changed in the early days of 1 Samuel: “In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions” (1 Samuel 3:1). Things were about to change! In [...]