| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 46 secs | 0 Comments
“The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jews first and also to the Gentiles” (Romans 1:16). That’s the heading for most of the letter to the Romans as Paul outlines the gospel of grace. The first job is that we need to know what we need to […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 44 secs | 0 Comments
Yesterday’s Bible passage finished with Paul sharing that the gospel of Christ bears within it the power of God to save us. There is an inherent power within the gospel which speaks to our souls and those who believe are saved. Today Paul explains what we are saved from and the consequences of ignoring […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 39 secs | 0 Comments
I find the New Living Translation version of the opening verses of Romans 1 much easier to follow than the ESV, so here it is: ‘This letter is from Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News. God promised this Good News […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 55 secs | 0 Comments
A few years ago, I took Jenny to see the Coen brothers film, No Country For Old Men. I’ll keep quiet as I don’t want to spoil it, but I will tell you this: it finished so abruptly that Jen is still, to this day, annoyed about having to sit through the preceding two hours […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 24 secs | 0 Comments
At the end of this passage we finally see Paul arrive in Rome. It has been quite a journey, starting in Chapter 22 with his imprisonment. It has literally taken years of slow progress. However even now, so close to that goal, I noticed that the pattern of doing things is still the same. Even […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 34 secs | 0 Comments
There is no storm too fierce, no pit too deep, and no trouble too great for God’s loving arms of salvation to reach those who are welcoming of them. We must believe this. The world needs to believe this; for it’s the saving light that we crave. You may have come across the words “this […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 49 secs | 0 Comments
Why does Luke use more ink to describe the journey from Caesarea to Malta than Pentecost, or the council of Jerusalem or Paul’s three years in Ephesus? It might be that Luke wants Theophilus to know that Paul is under divine protection. More likely it is because the story of Acts is about to end […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 35 secs | 0 Comments
This is the third of Paul’s trials in Acts, his third testimony and it is a three pointer again! Agrippa, Bernice and Festus arrive to hear Paul in pomp and ceremony, wearing purple robes. Paul is apparently small, balding with a hooked nose and bandy legs! But he dominates proceedings with Spirit filled Christ-like dignity […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 50 secs | 0 Comments
It was hot and humid on the platform at Narni, North of Rome. John Sargent and his travelling companions were stuck, having missed the connection North to Siena. While the rest of the party fussed and fumed, pacing the platform, Sargent got out his paints and turned a delay into a masterpiece. What do you […]