• Paul's Anguish I

    30 November, 2025

    Following Israel's rejection and crucifixion of their Messiah, Paul grieves deeply for the tragic failure of so many of his countrymen. This anguish of the apostle is seen in type in Moses following the tragic failure of Israel in their soon…

  • The Sinaitic Covenant

    23 November, 2025

    The great heart and purpose of God is to bring us to Himself, and to deliver us from a life of sin. We see the realisation of this in the Everlasting Covenant, in type, as God makes covenant relationship with the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai. This…

  • Messiah's Incarnation and Suffering

    21 November, 2025

    In a brief overview of Isaiah chapter 53 we see the meaning of the Lord Jesus bearing the sin of fallen man, and His infinite pleasure to His Father despite being "made sin" and "cursed". We also appreciate the meaning of the Father being satisfied…

  • Spirit Controlled Thinking

    16 November, 2025

    In this message Terry traverses the scriptures by way of highlighting the Lord's mind for us at the intersection of good and evil in our thinking. Having the capacity to identify the origin of the whole range of thoughts that enter our minds on a…

  • She Has Done What She Could

    02 November, 2025

    The gospel of the God of extravagance in His people embodied in the memorial of a woman.

  • The Hearing of Faith

    26 October, 2025

    The apostle Paul begins and ends the letter to the Roman church speaking of faith, which he also identifies as a key feature of the letter. Throughout the letter, he expounds the gospel, the "mystery which was kept secret since the world began" which…

  • The Acts of Israel

    19 October, 2025

    Just as the Lord began in power and effectual fruitfulness in the early church in the days of the apostles, so too in type of this did Joshua and Israel begin in their conquest of the land of Canaan after crossing the Jordan river. We consider some…

  • Possess the Inheritance

    12 October, 2025

    When Israel, led by Joshua, entered Canaan, each tribe was allotted an inheritance according to the original promise of God to Abraham. We consider the rich antitype of this for the children of God in Christ, and the true meaning of where Israel…

  • Sovereignty and Its Image

    05 October, 2025

    The Cross of Jesus Christ is popularly understood, in a purely natural sense, as an extraordinary forensic device which God uses to supposedly satisfy His justice by "balancing the scales" of His righteousness in the consideration of man's sin. We…

  • Encounter With the Gibeonites

    28 September, 2025

    Having entered the promised land (Christ), Joshua builds an altar (the Cross), and the blessings and cursings are read at Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal respectively. Then the Gibeonites, among the people to be utterly destroyed, deceive Joshua and the…

  • The Troubler Then; The Troubler Now

    21 September, 2025

    We see the first real internal trouble that Israel had after entering the promised land, and the parallel of the first real internal trouble that the church had after the day of Pentecost. Hearing the voice of the Lord, the Spirit of truth, and being…

  • The Covenant for the Land

    14 September, 2025

    God, in covenant relationship with Abram, took full responsibility not only for the land of Canaan for Abram's physical descendants, but also for the eternal prospect of the holy Mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the city which has foundations…

  • Momentary Light Afflictions

    31 August, 2025

    Whether because of sin, or as part of our heavenly discipline, of for the testimony of Christ, afflictions are an inevitable element of our life in Jesus. Whatever the case may be, as we walk with he Lord, Paul designates our troubles in this brief…

  • Joy of Jesus

    24 August, 2025

    Paul's imprisonment in Rome looked like a failure in the natural order of things. However Paul did not see it that way. Ever devoted to his Lord, he had long since come to that place where life was all for the honour of Jesus and the service of Him…

  • John's Prologue - The New Creation

    17 August, 2025

    Just as John, in the prologue of his gospel record, gives us revelation into what was hidden behind the first creation in Genesis, so too he gives us revelation into Jesus' place and working in the New creation in Christ. We also see briefly into…

  • The Promised Land

    10 August, 2025

    With the unfolding of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, we see the new creation in Christ prefigured in Israel's passage across the Jordan River from the land of Moab into the promised land.

  • Christ, Our Immediate Destiny

    03 August, 2025

    John's account of Jesus walking on the water is brief in the extreme. When we look into it though, in the wider context of Jesus' whole manner of living, we find inspiring implications for our own knowledge of the Lord and our life in Him.

  • The Land of Christ, in Type

    27 July, 2025

    As Joshua prepares to lead the people of Israel across the Jordan river into the land of Canaan, we see both the physical land of Canaan as typical of Christ, the dwelling place of the people of God, as well as ethnic Israel composed of Israel after…

  • Philip And The Eunuch

    20 July, 2025

    In a brief review of the early movements of the church, and in particular of Philip and the eunuch on the road to Gaza, we consider the guidance of the Lord by His Spirit in His will and purpose in our lives.

  • The Covenant at Moab Part 2

    13 July, 2025

    As Israel prepares to enter the land of Canaan, Yahweh establishes covenant with them in Moab across the Jordan. We find Moses preaching the everlasting covenant, largely hidden from their eyes, and yet a hope and life in Christ if they will obey His…

  • We The Church Prayer II

    10 July, 2025

    The heart of the Christian life is prayer and it is therefore an essential element of the life and function of the church in the present age.

  • We The Church Prayer I

    10 July, 2025

    The heart of the Christian life is prayer and it is therefore an essential element of the life and function of the church in the present age.

  • We The Church Fellowship - II

    09 July, 2025

    Fellowship in the Church is in the Father and in His Son Jesus Christ before anything else. As fundamental to church function throughout the present age we consider its importance.

  • We The Church Fellowship Part 1

    09 July, 2025

    Fellowship in the Church is in the Father and in His Son Jesus Christ before anything else. As fundamental to church function throughout the present age we consider its importance.

  • We The Church The Breaking of Bread Part 2

    08 July, 2025

    Reviewing the function of the church in the present age we consider the matter of the breaking of bread.

  • We The Church The Breaking of Bread Part 1

    08 July, 2025

    Reviewing the function of the church in the present age we consider the matter of the breaking of bread.

  • We the Church The Apostles' Teaching Part 2

    07 July, 2025

    As mentioned by Luke in the Book of Acts we consider the significance of the Apostles' teaching in the early church, and not only in the early church, but in the church throughout the present age.

  • We the Church The Apostles' Teaching Part 1

    06 July, 2025

    As mentioned by Luke in the Book of Acts we consider the significance of the Apostles' teaching in the early church, and not only in the early church, but in the church throughout the present age.

  • The Wilderness Wanderings

    29 June, 2025

    Yahweh, always intent upon those He strives with hearing His voice and yielding to the Spirit of truth (Christ, in measure, in fact), between the broken covenant at Sinai, and the making of an additional covenant at Moab, on the border of the…

  • The Covenant at Moab Part 1

    22 June, 2025

    As Israel gathered on the border of the promised land, Moses called them into a covenant relationship with God, on the basis of the Law of Sinai, but also sanctioned by a number of blessings and curses, consequent upon their response to the voice of…