Andrew Kerr

Mt. 27:46-49; Mk. 15:34-35 Text 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my

A Pilgrim Memory As I was reading this morning about the patriarchal pilgrim spirit, my mind was turned to the words of John Bunyan: we used to sing them regularly, with great gusto,

I want to suggest six hints in the first eleven chapters of Genesis that point to a far-more-developed sacrificial system prior to the Flood that most care to think. Covering We are told

Just a quick note on the phrase in Hebrews 10:12 where Jesus, having once for all time offered a sacrifice for sins he has now "sat down at the right hand

I came across a few interesting quotes from Trench while preparing for an evening talk on the exorcism of the epileptic son at the foot of Transfiguration Mount - I trust you will

This is a record storm! The pressure is dropping, it's picking up energy! Wow! Look at the backwall of the eye - it's so sharply defined! A sudden upgrade

Introduction If puritan writers were often tortured with physical persecution, these faithful, godly, preachers were no strangers to spiritual affliction either. Though they were reckoned to be the most-skilled pastors at dealing with

Introduction We're going to use this piece to look at Paul's letter to Ephesus. This "Queen of Epistles" so-called, one of the general epistles, given lack of

Introduction One of the most wonderful statements in the whole of the Bible is made in the second chapter of the Book of Hebrews, 2:17. Therefore, He had to be made like

Introduction I've been rebuked this afternoon for slackness in the Scriptures - and, at the same time, been thrilled and delighted by a few of the gems that, by grace, with

This little piece is just me thinking out loud - with time at a premium this week, I'm going to leave you to do some of the work yourself, and fill

The Book of Job shows him experiencing in an extreme degree the bitterness and perplexity of unexplained suffering, refusing to acquiesce in rational theories that make God's way subject to simple

Introduction In His book practical religion, Anglican bishop of Liverpool, JC Ryle, extols the virtues of powerful practical evangelical Christianity. Context In this little section of James chapter 1:26-27, the apostle lays

Only in Christ are we fit to stand in heaven

The following notes form the minimally-edited substance of one of the lectures I gave at the RPTS last week: they're certainly not definitive or the last word on the subject -

In recent weeks I've been studying Jacob's life. Genesis 30 deals with the origins of the Church and the kind of unpromising soil in which the Family of God