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#483 (17/11/21) YOU ARE NOT MERE HUMANS!
Are we aware that we are not ‘mere human beings’? We have the Spirit living in us and...

Matt Beaney
Nov 17, 20214 min read


#482 (16/11/21) READY FOR SOLID FOOD? (1 COR. 3:2)
Are you ready for ‘solid food’? Are we as a church ready and desiring solid food?

Matt Beaney
Nov 16, 20215 min read


#481 (15/11/21) INFANTS IN CHRIST (1 COR. 3:1)
The Corinthians are failing to ‘live by the Spirit’ - they are not listening to the Spirit in regard to their relationships...

Matt Beaney
Nov 14, 20215 min read


#475 (5/11/21) WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST (1 COR. 2:15-16)
This text is about thinking correctly so as to make good judgements. I’m sure that we’ve all made wrong judgements about...

Matt Beaney
Nov 5, 20214 min read


#474 (4/11/21) SPIRIT-TAUGHT WORDS (1 COR. 2:13-14)
The Spirit, As we devote ourselves to scripture, wants to give us new vocabulary and wisdom so as to use our words for the good of others.

Matt Beaney
Nov 4, 20214 min read


#473 (3/11/21) BY THE SPIRIT WE UNDERSTAND (1 COR. 2:11-12)
That's right, God has given us the most amazing free gifts, and the Spirit wants to teach us about them!

Matt Beaney
Nov 3, 20214 min read


#471 (1/11/21) WISDOM AND MATURITY (1 COR. 2:6)
This week our devotions are based on 1 Corinthians 2:6-16. ‘We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the...

Matt Beaney
Oct 31, 20214 min read


#470 (29/10/21) SO THAT YOUR FAITH MIGHT REST ON GOD
Faith built on ‘human wisdom’ is like a game of Jenga: you will fall when the thing that you built your faith on other than Jesus fails you!

Matt Beaney
Oct 29, 20215 min read


#467 (26/10/21) RESOLVED
Paul is not teaching that the gospel is like some kind of magic spell that has power regardless of comprehension. How we say it is important

Matt Beaney
Oct 26, 20214 min read


#450 (1/10/21) - BOAST IN THE LORD
Don’t complain that your love for God and joy in the gospel is weak if you don’t put yourself in a context that will inspire worship!

Matt Beaney
Oct 1, 20216 min read


#449 (30/9/21) - RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS AND REDEMPTION
Jesus is our ‘righteousness, holiness and redemption.’ You have true and eternal riches in Christ.

Matt Beaney
Sep 30, 20215 min read


#448 (29/9/21) - NO ONE CAN BOAST BEFORE HIM (1 COR. 1:29)
Remembering and reflecting on our condition when God called us will keep us from boasting in ourselves and cause us to boast in Jesus alone.

Matt Beaney
Sep 29, 20216 min read


#447 (28/9/21) - GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH… (1 COR. 1:27-28)
I don’t imagine that anyone of us is free from the temptation to appear more intelligent than we are...

Matt Beaney
Sep 28, 20215 min read


#446 (27/9/21) - THINK OF WHAT YOU WERE (1 COR. 1:26)
In order to combat divisive pride, God wants the Corinthians (and us) to think of what we were.

Matt Beaney
Sep 26, 20215 min read


#445 (24/9/21) - THE WEAKNESS AND FOOLISHNESS OF GOD (1 COR. 1:25)
The tiniest power and wisdom of God outstrips all human wisdom and power. He is a God to be worshipped and trusted.

Matt Beaney
Sep 24, 20214 min read


#444 (23/9/21) - TRUE POWER AND WISDOM (1 COR. 1:22-24)
Different people want different kinds of evidence as to the truth of whether there is a God and who God is.

Matt Beaney
Sep 23, 20215 min read


#443 (22/9/21) - PREACHING LEADS TO BELIEVING (1 COR. 1:21)
No philosophy of life is true if it is not centred on Jesus. The ‘world through its wisdom does not know God’.

Matt Beaney
Sep 22, 20214 min read


#442 (21/9/21) - THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS (1 COR. 1:18-20)
Another’s spiritual state is a problem that’s far beyond our power to change. However...

Matt Beaney
Sep 21, 20214 min read


#441 (20/9/21) - THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS (1 COR. 1:18)
We need to become students of the gospel. It is ‘the power of God’. This message has divine power to save and transform!

Matt Beaney
Sep 19, 20215 min read


#440 (17/9/21) - DON’T EMPTY THE CROSS (1 COR. 1:17)
When we use worldly means and add worldly wisdom to the gospel, we rob it of the Holy Spirit’s power...

Matt Beaney
Sep 17, 20214 min read
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