Creation and New Creation

Has it been a long time since you were deeply, genuinely wonderstruck at the nature of God? One of the healthiest things we can do is recalibrate our perceptions of God by looking afresh at his Word. Put simply, the Bible is impressed with who God is. And rightly so, because of who God actually is.

Jesus promised his disciples that he would one day return to bring them to a place that he prepared for them. It is a place where all things are made new, free of sin and sorrow. As Christians, we seek not fame or fortune but a heavenly city whose builder and maker is God.

Friends, humility is the only soil in which unity will grow. Only when Christ is more precious to us than our reputations, will we give up our petty rivalries and personal agendas. Only when his glory eclipses all else in our eyes will we live for him and not for another purpose. The peace and unity we so desperately need will be, friends, the fruit of a fresh humbling before the glory of Christ. It is only the gospel, the good news of Christ our saviour, that creates true peace. The gospel creates peace, and the gospel defines peace.

Colin Nicholl, author of The Great Christ Comet assesses the popular Star of BethlehemDVD in the light of scripture, astronomy, and history.

Melvin Tinker offers some food for thought over the doctrine of creation as it relates to living as Christians. 

Jonathan Edwards' sermon on the enjoyment of perfect love in the age to come is heart-warming spiritual food. 

In this bumper edition of the podcast, Dan Hames speaks to Colin Nicholl about his extraordinary research into the Star of Bethlehem. 

Paul Blackham shows how the Christian hope of a renewed creation is unique, important, and deeply appealing. 

Colin Nicholl explores the Bethlehem Star in this taster of his book 'The Great Christ Comet'. 

J. R. R. Tolkien shows that the joy of a good story echoes the great story of the gospel in his fascinating treatise on fairy stories.