Stephen Grant

James 1:2-5 | Trial of Your Faith

Stephen Grant

Personal But Not Private

There are aspects of our lives which we may prefer to be private and not for public consumption, but the Gospel is not one of them.

Stephen Grant

Elisha : General Background

After the Lord granted their desire for a King, they did not survive long as a united nation.

Stephen Grant

Local church and the Gospel (Part 1)

The church is for Christians and evangelism is for missionaries. Do you agree?

Stephen Grant

James 1:13-18 | Temptation

Stephen Grant

Climate Change - Scientists Test Radical Ways To Fix Earth's Climate

What we do over the next 10 years will determine the future of humanity for the next 10,000 years.

Stephen Grant

Elisha : Elijah and Elisha

Although their names in English sound similar, Elijah and Elisha were very different characters.

Stephen Grant

Should I be a Member of a Church? (Part 1)

There is a tendency today for Christians to float between churches. Is this good or bad, important or irrelevant?

Stephen Grant

Identity – Strategies for the Struggle

We have to deal with temptation to sin throughout our lives – it never goes away.

Stephen Grant

Local church and the Gospel (Part 2)

How do you tell this generation of non-church goers about the Lord Jesus when they have a strongly developed attraction to visual media and an aversion to substantive reading?

Stephen Grant

James 2:1-4 | Discrimination

Stephen Grant

The Dark Secret of Glencoe

As the NTS scratch away the earth that covers the ancient scene of treachery, take heed to to the simple lesson.

Stephen Grant

Elisha : A Prophet

Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. (1 Kings 19:16)

Stephen Grant

Should I be a Member of a Church? (Part 2)

The idea of being a Christian without belonging to a church is foreign to the New Testament.

Stephen Grant

Identity – Saint or Sinner?

For some Christians, the realisation that their struggles with sin are not over comes as a real shock.

Stephen Grant

Local church and the Gospel (Part 3)

In the New Testament the preached word had power.

Stephen Grant

Winning Is So Addictive

Pep Guardiola is a serial winner. As a football player and manager his stats are impressive. It seems that everywhere he goes he has a relentless pursuit of success.

Stephen Grant

Elisha : Anointed

Just as the Lord's work had earlier required his presence, it now required his absence.

Stephen Grant

Who am I? Learn about God – Learn about me

If you ever struggle with feelings of worthlessness or insignificance, maybe even self-loathing, turn away from what you do, to who you are.

Stephen Grant

James 2:14-17 | Empty Words

Stephen Grant studies James 2:14-17

Stephen Grant

Local church and the Gospel (Part 4)

Whether through discussion and debate, or through public proclamation of propositional truth, Paul reasoned, lectured, debated, announced, discussed, declared and taught the word of God.

Stephen Grant

James 2:18-20 | Faith Works

Stephen Grant

The Grand Miracle

3 famous men died on 22nd November 1963.

Stephen Grant

Who am I? – Beginning at the Beginning

We have been made by God. We are not gods who make ourselves.

Stephen Grant

Is Prayer Essential or Only for Emergencies? | Session 3 | Talking Truth

In session 3 of Talking Truth, we discuss the question: 'Is prayer essential or only for emergencies?

Stephen Grant

Church Leadership (Part 1)

The single consistent pattern for church leadership in the New Testament is that each local church is shepherded by a plurality of God-ordained elders.

Stephen Grant

James 2:21-26 | Faith Has Always Worked

Stephen Grant

The Real Summit is Base Camp

A British man died on Saturday on Mount Everest - bringing to 10 the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak.

Stephen Grant

Who am I?

Reaching inside and finding your identity in what is there must be a dangerous thing to do.

Stephen Grant

Church Leadership (Part 2)

Becoming an elder in a local church is neither a promotion nor an invitation to join a board of directors.

Stephen Grant

Our Story Is His Story

How you interpret your life, and tell its story, has profound effects on what kind of person you become.

Stephen Grant

Loving your neighbour in a multi-cultural society | Session 5 | Talking Truth

In another Talking Truth discussion, we talk about loving your neighbour in a multi-cultural society.

Stephen Grant

Jehovah Sabaoth – Lord of Hosts

It is incredible that we are able to have a personal knowledge of and confidence in the Lord of hosts. Nothing is outside His control or capability.

Stephen Grant

James 3:1-5 | Watch Your Words

Stephen Grant

Church Leadership (Part 3)

Seldom if ever in its long history has the world witnessed such a self-conscious revolt against authority. (John Stott, Between Two Worlds)

Stephen Grant

James 4:1-3 | Wars and Fighting

Stephen Grant

The Beaten Path

We beat a path to the Lord through learning and obeying his Word. How wellworn is that path? Do I need a machete to cut my way through the overgrown vegetation?

Stephen Grant

Obey the Government and/or God? | Session 4 | Talking Truth

In session 4 of 'Talking Truth' we discuss the subject of obeying God and the government.

Stephen Grant

James 4:4-6 | Spiritual Adultery

Stephen Grant

Truth Hate Crime

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." If you google this quote you will likely find it attributed to George Orwell in his book 1984.

Stephen Grant

Jehovah Ropheka – The Lord Who Heals

Obedience to God’s word determines whether life tastes bitter or sweet.

Stephen Grant

Early Days

By this time the Christians at Troas had settled into a pattern of gathering on the first day of the week and remembering the Lord in the breaking of bread supper.

Stephen Grant

James 5:1-6 | Rich and Poor

Stephen Grant

Addition Requires Subtraction

It is a sobering exercise to consider how we spend the hours of our days.

Stephen Grant

Hebrews 1:1 | God Speaks

Stephen Grant

Dealing with distraction

In this roundtable discussion we talk about how Christians deal with distraction.

Stephen Grant

In Remembrance of Me

This local church procedure did not happen in family homes or small groups but was carried out when the church gathered together.

Stephen Grant

Missing the Point

Just imagine a church full of Christians who love God more than themselves.

Stephen Grant

Hebrews 1:2-3 | Glories of Christ (Part 1)

Stephen Grant

Rekindle The Gift

Perhaps my spiritual gift is lying dormant and needs to be fanned into flames.

Stephen Grant

Hebrews 1:2-3 | Glories of Christ (Part 2)

Stephen Grant

No Time To Think

Introspection is a rare activity. Silence and solitude rarer still. This is the age of freneticism.

Stephen Grant

Prioritise The Profitable

The greater the appreciation of our salvation, the greater our desire to pursue good works.

Stephen Grant

Refresh My Heart

Separated by distance and circumstances, Philemon can refresh Paul’s heart.

Stephen Grant

Anxiety

Life can be hard enough without constant ‘compare and despair’ moments as we see better people, with better stuff, having a better time, with better friends, in better places, enjoying better weather.

Stephen Grant

Into the Book – The Great Commission

In the first of a series exploring key Bible passages that underpin Christian living and thought, Stephen Grant takes a closer look at the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20)

Stephen Grant

Do we need friends? | Talking Truth | Series 4 : Episode 6

Stephen Grant leads the discussion on the subject of friendship.

Stephen Grant

How Well Do We Know God?

So often we scrabble around the foothills of received wisdom in relation to God while the mountain of God’s self-revelation towers over us crying out for us to scale its heights.

Stephen Grant

Into the Book – Restoration

Stephen Grant takes a closer look at the subject of restoration (Galatians 6:1-2)

Stephen Grant

Who Made God?

God does not have it in Him to go out of existence, just as we do not have it in us to live forever.

Stephen Grant

Into the Book – Called To Serve

Stephen Grant takes a closer look at the idea of God's call upon our lives, particularly his call to service (Jeremiah 1:4-9).

Stephen Grant

Does God Change?

Everything changes – nothing remains the same! Is this just a melancholy lament, or is it true?

Stephen Grant

Into the Book – Times of Need

Stephen Grant takes a closer look at a key New Testament passage that gives help to Christians in times of need (Hebrews 4:14-16).

Stephen Grant

Immortality: Can God Die?

Immortality has been a constant theme of history, mythology and entertainment.

Stephen Grant

Into the Book – Fear and Anxiety

Stephen Grant takes a closer look at a key New Testament passage that explores the subject of fear and anxiety (2 Timothy 1:7).

Stephen Grant

What A Name

Mary and Joseph had no part to play in deciding the name of the baby born in Bethlehem. His name had been revealed long ago to a prophet and recorded in Holy Scripture.

Stephen Grant

So Much Owed By So Many To So Few

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” The very existence of Western democracy was at stake.

Stephen Grant

Wonderful

Every once in a while, someone appears on the world stage who is different from everyone else. Above them all stands this man, Jesus Christ.

Stephen Grant

Counsellor

Isaiah's prophecy announced a coming Messiah who would require no counsel from men. Instead he would be the source of wisdom for others.

Stephen Grant

Mighty God

Before there could be peace on earth there must be conflict, and it was for battle that Jesus came.

Stephen Grant

The Good Book? (Part 1) Slavery in the Bible

In this podcast conversation, Stephen Grant and Paul McCauley discuss a common objection to the Bible.

Stephen Grant

Everlasting Father

Of all the names given to Jesus in Isaiah 9:6, “Everlasting Father” is the hardest to understand.

Stephen Grant

The Good Book? (Part 2) Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide

In this episode, Stephen and Paul talk about the accusation that God permitted ethnic cleansing and genocide in the Old Testament.

Stephen Grant

Prince of Peace

The Lord Jesus Christ came to earth to bring peace to the troubled, reconciliation to the estranged, forgiveness to the guilty and hope to the hopeless.

Stephen Grant

The Good Book? (Part 3) Sexuality and Marriage

In this conversation Stephen and Paul talk about the Biblical teaching on sexuality and marriage.

Stephen Grant

The Good Book? (Part 4) Is the Bible Weird?

Stephen and Paul talk about some of commands found in scripture that strike many today as .... well, weird.

Stephen Grant

The Good Book? (Part 5) Is Society Better Without the Bible?

Should we re-integrate the Bible into our society or are we better to get rid of it completely?

Stephen Grant

Listening to God

How to listen to God when reading the Bible.

Stephen Grant

Timeless Wisdom (Part 1): Friendship

In the first of a series of podcasts based on Proverbs, Stephen Grant considers the subject of Friendship.

Stephen Grant

Timeless Wisdom (Part 2): Paths of Life

In the second of a series of podcasts based on Proverbs, Stephen Grant considers the subject of our choices and direction.

Stephen Grant

“I am Sorry”

In recent days these words have been on the lips of a cricketer, a politician, a supermarket chain, various media celebrities, an Archbishop and others. Everybody seems to be apologising.

Stephen Grant

Timeless Wisdom (Part 3): Words

In Stephen Grant's third episode exploring the book of wisdom, he considers the subject of words.

Stephen Grant

Timeless Wisdom (Part 4) Saint or Sluggard

In Stephen Grant's fourth episode exploring the book of wisdom, he considers this subject of laziness and challenges us to be a saint, not a sluggard.

Stephen Grant

Timeless Wisdom (Part 5): Pride

In the last of this podcast mini-series, Stephen Grant explores what the book of Proverbs teaches about the subject of pride.

Stephen Grant

Counting the Days

Never mind the six months until your holidays, have you ever thought about counting the days of something much more important. How about the days of your life?

Stephen Grant

See No Evil

If, like David, we want to enjoy the Lord’s presence, we must resolve to look away.

Stephen Grant

Standing At The Crossroads

If you are standing at the crossroads of a new life situation, whether as a student, as an employee or moving into a new community, Daniel’s example is one to follow.

Stephen Grant

What Keeps You Awake At Night?

Our health, job and family are often impacted by matters beyond our control and so there is not much we can do to change the cause of our fear. What we can do is make a decision – a resolution.

Stephen Grant

New Year, New Beginning, New Me

If the calendar changes, perhaps I can change too.

Stephen Grant

70 Years Serving God and Country

For seventy years the Queen has served her God and her country as Sovereign.

Stephen Grant

Everything is Broken – Even Me

We are broken and only God can fix us.

Stephen Grant

God Made Us

The Bible begins by introducing us to a living creator God. He is there at the beginning of everything; eternal, unmade and supremely glorious.

Stephen Grant

Only God Can Judge Me

We all stand condemned, for God’s righteousness demands that our sins be punished, or God is not God.

Stephen Grant

Saving The Lake

The greatest salvation story is not a place of great beauty being saved from destruction.

Stephen Grant

Operation Golden Orb

Who in the 21st Century believes that humanity is presently subject to the authority of Jesus Christ, or claims Him as its redeemer?

Stephen Grant

Sovereign Sceptres

Instead of a reed, or even the dazzling Cullinan diamond, the Lord Jesus, as the ultimate Sovereign, bears the sceptre of righteousness.

Stephen Grant

Royal Robes

One of the joys of becoming a Christian is to increasingly appreciate the beauty, glory and holiness of the Lord Jesus, until the day when we see Him face to face.

Stephen Grant