Saturday 31st January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 18:1-6 Matthew 21:1-17 Job 19, Job 20, Job 21 JOB 19, 20 and 21 Job’s words to his so-called friends are perhaps the most interesting and engaging of all the sections of this amazing book. In the shock of hearing the terrible news about his children’s demise, he declares resolutely that the…
Friday 30th January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 17:13-15 Matthew 20:20-34 Job 15, Job 16, Job 17, Job 18 MATTHEW 20 Jesus ends the previous chapter of Matthew with the rather cryptic statement: “…But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first”. He then proceeds to illustrate this with the most infuriating parable…
Thursday 29th January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 17:6-12 Matthew 20:1-19 Job 11, Job 12, Job 13, Job 14 JOB 11, 12, 13 and 14 Many years ago, I was rather careless with my iPad; I allowed some heavy object to fall on it and later discovered that the glass was cracked!!! After that, most of the time it worked…
Wednesday 28th January 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 3:11-20 Matthew 19:16-30 Job 8, Job 9, Job 10 MATTHEW 19 It’s a funny thing that in First Century Judea the hot topic was ‘Divorce’, when today it is more likely to be ‘Marriage’! The Pharisees were engaged in debate about whether a person could legitimately get divorced for just about any reason,…
Tuesday 27th January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 17:1-5 Matthew 19:1-15 Job 4, Job 5, Job 6, Job 7 JOB 4, 5, 6 and 7 Let’s ask the question again: “Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?” No-one in the Book of Job fully answers this one, but chapters 1, 2, and 42 do introduce an…
Monday 26th January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 16:1-11 Matthew 18:10-35 Job 1, Job 2, Job 3 MATTHEW 18 Now Jesus talks about both biological children and spiritual children. The qualities found in a young human child – humility, realism, a sense of dependency, asking for help – are exactly the qualities needed to become and to be Jesus’ disciple. …
Sunday 25th January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 15:1-5 Matthew 17:14-27, Matthew 18:1-9 Genesis 49, Genesis 50 MATTHEW 17 – Part 2 After the Transfiguration, as they descend Mount Herman, Jesus swears Peter, James and John to secrecy. He also confirms – in answer to their question – that John the Baptist was a spiritual fulfilment of Elijah, as prophesied beforehand. …
Saturday 24th January 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 3:1-10 Matthew 16:21-28, Matthew 17:1-13 Genesis 47:13-31, Genesis 48 MATTHEW 17 – Part 1 Chapter 16 finished with the important statement by Jesus that he would next go to Jerusalem to be crucified, and that any genuine follower of His would also be prepared to identify with Jesus and to suffer for the…
Friday 23rd January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 14:1-7 Matthew 16:1-20 Genesis 45, Genesis 46, Genesis 47:1-12 MATTHEW 16 “Who do the people say that the Son of Man is?” – asked Jesus to his disciples. They took it in turns to list the different ideas that the crowds held about him: John the Baptist, perhaps, or Elijah (nearly the same…
Thursday 22nd January 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 13:1-6 Matthew 15:10-39 Genesis 43, Genesis 44 MATTHEW 15 Watch out for hypocrisy! God hates it! “These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules” (Isaiah 29:13). The longer a faith becomes entrenched within a society,…
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