Family

What does the Bible teach about relationships?

Consequential Confrontations (6): David confronts Goliath

Consequential Confrontations (6): David confronts Goliath

David wasn’t into slaying giants, he was into honouring God.

Justin Pratt

Consequential Confrontations (5): Moses confronts Pharaoh

Consequential Confrontations (5): Moses confronts Pharaoh

Moses... was one man, among an oppressed people, asking the most powerful man in the world for freedom. But they were God’s people, and this was God’s message. And the message never changed.

Justin Pratt

Consequential Confrontations (4): Elijah confronts Ahab

Consequential Confrontations (4): Elijah confronts Ahab

We need to learn the same lessons of faithfulness in spite of outcomes, of satisfaction with God’s presence alone, and of dependence on Him for ultimate vindication.

Justin Pratt

Consequential Confrontations (3): Nathan confronts David on God’s behalf

God’s people and God’s things are too valuable to Him to let them be abused. It is a fearful thing to abuse what God deems to be sacred. He will protect and He will judge

Justin Pratt

Consequential Confrontations (2): Paul confronts Peter on God’s behalf

...when our sin is confronted, we should take it as from the Lord and our response should be repentance and confession.

Justin Pratt

Consequential Confrontations (1): God confronts Adam and Eve

In the gospel, God confronts the sinner with his sin, seeking to elicit repentance and faith, so that He might forgive and reconcile.

Justin Pratt

'I'm gonna be like you dad'

My child will be moulded by someone, or something, and God intends that someone to be me.

Craig Mackie

God Cares About The Lonely

‘A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families’ (Psalm 68:5,6a)

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

Jesus Is The Friend To The Lonely

‘A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”’ (John 4:7

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

Lonely and Unsatisfied

‘The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.’ (Luke 19:10)

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

One Man Was Truly Lonely

‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’ (Psalm 22:1)

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

Jesus’ Compassion For The Lonely

‘When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her’ (Luke 7:13)

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

Lonely In Thankfulness

‘[Jesus said], “. . . Was no one found to . . . give praise to God except this foreigner?”’ (Luke 17:18)

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

A Christian May Be Lonely But Is Never Alone

‘[Elijah] said, “. . . I alone am left”’ (1 Kings 19:10 & 14)

Graham Stannard

Graham Stannard

Families Matter to God

Family has been described as “the glue which holds the fabric of society together”. The importance of family support cannot be underestimated ...

Philip Mullan

Our Parents Matter to God

We have all seen the little rascal in the supermarket trolley defiantly disobeying his mother.

Philip Mullan

A Divided Family

Growing up as part of a family can bring moments of tension and rivalry.

Philip Mullan

Which Family Are You In?

I remember the first time I saw my son’s little eyes, almost identical to my own, looking up at me. He was truly my son.

Philip Mullan

Becoming Part of God's Family

Sometimes families fall apart. As a GP, I have met people whose entire family has turned against them, leaving them lonely and heartbroken.

Philip Mullan

The Blessings of Belonging to God’s Family

To join God’s family is the greatest privilege imaginable.

Philip Mullan

The Greatest Family Reunion

As one of six children, family reunions are events that I greatly look forward to.

Philip Mullan