Word on Wednesday with John Mason

Is there anything we can do that might make a difference in our world, where daily the news seems to get worse? Listen to this reflection on a prayer of Moses found in Numbers chapter 14.

Do you ever feel alone, isolated from people and from God? Find encouragement in this week's podcast looking at the words of Psalms 42 and 43.

What can shake us out of our apathy and fear and make us an intrepid people? Listen afresh to the events of the Pentecost following the death and resurrection of Jesus.

Porocity is an important aspect of the world around us and to our own life and well-being. However there is another dimenstion to porocity: the porocity of the universe. Find out more in this week's podcast.

Porocity is an important aspect of the world around us and to our own life and well-being. However we tend to overlook the fact of the porocity of the universe - the non-material supernatural dimension of existence, beyond the space-time material world that is capable of movement within the material universe. Find out more in this week's podcast.

In a culture which ignores or rejects transcendental truth, the fact of Jesus' resurrection from the dead gives us hope.

The orthodox Christian creeds state that 'we believe in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting'. How can this be? Paul the Apostle answers our question in 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

How do we face a broken world where any day, we might unexpectedly die?

If the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of the Christian faith, why is the cross the symbol of Christianity and not an empty tomb?

It is imperative that we think about the truth ad reality of the resurrection. If it is true, then our lives gain meaning and purpose.

It is imperative that we ask whether the account of Jesus' resurrection is an invention. If it is true, it is life-changing.

Jesus' death was not the end of a heroic life but the inauguration of a new age. This is God's extraordinary gift and for those of us who have received it, a legacy we want to share.

Despite humanity's progress in science and technology, human wisdom has not found a solution for lasting and just peace.

Vindictiveness, anger and lack of forgiveness pervade our society. How can we respond?

Augustine of Hippo, North Africa, one of the great minds of the late Roman Empire, wrestled with the notion of God and the question of evil, before coming to believe that Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God. He writes in his Confessions that as a young adult his prayer was, “God, give me chastity and self-control, but not yet”. One day when he was reading in a garden, he heard a young child’s voi...

Where do we find life and light in the darkness of our world?

What can we do when we feel spiritually dry; when our Christian life and walk seem automatic and we feel far away from God? The Apostle Paul, writing in chapter 2 of Colossians, helps provide the answer.

From Captivity to Liberty through the Cross.

What's life all about? Is it meaningless? Ecclesiastes now gives the answer: 'Fear God and keep his commandments'. We're not alone and there is a purpose to all our toil and to our lives. And we find it when we acknowledge our Creator God, the Father of the Lord Jesus.

If we're working hard, denying ourself in order to amass money, property and prestige for ourselves, what's the point of it all? The more we get, the more we want. What's the solution?

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 asks us if life, with all its different seasons, is meaningless and a burden, or whether there is a purpose to it all.

Is life really a mist, a chasing after the wind, meaningless? The writer of Ecclesiastes asks this question. But he also has an answer.

The main purpose of a minister - according to Paul - is to make the word of God fully known.

How should we pray for ourselves and for others? Here are Paul's words: '... asking that you may be filled with all spiritual wisdom and understanding'. Knowing God and knowing how to live.

With all the chaos in our world, we might wonder about the future. But it is possible to know 'comfort and joy'.