Tuesday 14th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 85:1-7 Romans 2:1-16 Jonah 1, Jonah 2, Jonah 3, Jonah 4 ROMANS 2 Chapter 2 speaks to different kinds of person: the self-congratulatory ‘moral’ person and the ‘religious’ person. Both are different examples of the sin of pride in action! The average quality newspaper journalist might be a typical example of Type 1: he or she appears to ooze…
Monday 13th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 84:8-12 Romans 1:18-32 2 Kings 24:8-20, 2 Kings 25 2 KINGS 22, 23, 24 and 25 It must have been a shock to Josiah: being made king of Judah at an age when most children today have just started junior school! The very last godly king of God’s people, at the age of…
Sunday 12th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 84:1-7 Romans 1:1-17 2 Kings 23, 2 Kings 24:1-7 ROMANS 1 Romans: probably my favourite book of the Bible. It took the great bible teacher Martin Lloyd-Jones nearly 700 consecutive weekly sermons to exposit its teachings – on Friday evenings from 1955 to 1968. My task is to cover it in just…
Saturday 11th July 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 16:28-33, Proverbs 17:1-4 Acts 28:17-31 2 Kings 21, 2 Kings 22 2 KINGS 20 and 21 The finest and most faithful king since the days of David was given a death sentence by God. “Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover”. (2 Kings 20:1). When a…
Friday 10th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 83:1-18 Acts 28:1-16 2 Kings 19:14-37, 2 Kings 20 ACTS 28 “Out of the frying pan and into the fire!” Or so it must have seemed for an instant for Paul. Having survived a huge storm at sea, he was then bitten by a poisonous snake and expected to die. Then he…
Thursday 9th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 82:1-8 Acts 27:13-44 2 Kings 18, 2 Kings 19:1-13 2 KINGS 18 and 19 Hezekiah is the person in the Bible who really should have had a book named after him! If you want to find out whether a Christian has even the faintest grasp of their Bible, then ask them to turn…
Wednesday 8th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 81:8-16 Acts 26:24-32, Acts 27:1-12 2 Kings 16, 2 Kings 17 ACTS 27 And so to the journey to Rome! In late summer, the prevailing wind in the Mediterranean is from the West. For Paul to be taken to Rome from Caesarea in a direct line would mean heading almost due West and so…
Tuesday 7th July 2026
Audio readings: Proverbs 16:18-27 Acts 25:23-27, Acts 26:1-23 2 Kings 14:23-29, 2 Kings 15 ACTS 26 The gospel has three ‘tangible’ strands that make it so compelling to its hearers, and one ‘intangible’ strand. These all feature in this chapter of Acts. 1) Truth and Reasonableness (v25): It is hard to commit yourself to a message that is…
Monday 6th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 81:1-7 Acts 25:1-22 2 Kings 12, 2 Kings 13, 2 Kings 14:1-22 ACTS 25 It is easy to ‘gloss over’ the human consequences and emotions of the last verse of Acts 24: “When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favour to the…
Sunday 5th July 2026
Audio readings: Psalm 80:8-19 Acts 24:1-27 2 Kings 10, 2 Kings 11 ACTS 24 Paul found himself caught up in politics: Governor Felix was an ineffective ruler who was later to be recalled to Rome to answer for his incompetence. He had recently married the 16-year-old daughter of Herod, Drusilla, who became his third wife…
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