Whether we’re willing to pay the cost shows what we really think of God. That’s God’s own argument in Malachi chapter 1. He says: ‘Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favour?’ In other words, try and be so half-hearted as you serve your king – or as your serve your employer – and see […]

Sometimes it’s good when the doors of a church close. It’s right that we have a pang of regret when we see a church building where God was once worshipped turned into a restaurant or a pub or a carpet showroom. But if by the end the gospel wasn’t being preached in that church, then it’s better for it now […]

When David says: ‘I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing’, those are his final words in the whole book. They’re words that are important for us all to think about. Because it’s scarily possible to have an outward profession of religion, which doesn’t actually cost us anything – a one-hour a week […]