Tag: Martin Cooper

Genesis 1-11 Origins, part 1. The name ‘Genesis’ means ‘beginning’ and in it’s opening chapter we see a narrative that precedes human existence and could only have come from God himself. It is, interestingly, absolute mathematical perfection.

Against the Flow, part 4. Only God can ‘Bara ex Nihilo’ — create out of nothing. Only he can create life, and he has numbered our days even before we were born.

Immediately, part 2. Jesus commissions and sends out the twelve disciples to preach repentance, to take authority over demons and to fully trust in God for all their material needs.

Immediately, part 1. Philippians 2 tells us that every knee will bow before Jesus, yet Mark 10:45 states that Jesus came to not to be served, but to serve. This is the essence of servant-hearted leaders.

The Forgotten Arts 2024, part 3. Sometimes we don’t just need to fast from things that are causing us to sin, but to completely cut them off from our lives.

This week at Bible School we look at a question posted on the faithfulness of God and Jephthah’s daughter, and also whether Mark wrote the long ending in Mark 16.

By Faith, part 1. The one constant in the story of Abraham is the faithfulness of God, and today we see that Abraham wasn’t without sin, and took a wrong turn on the journey.

Encounters with Jesus, part 2. It’s much better living in our world where God is sovereign, and there’s suffering, than it would be living in a world where there’s suffering, but God wasn’t in control.

Looking at Romans 3 and the state of the human condition. Without Jesus, we have no defence or way of defending ourselves when we stand before God.