The PASSION Blog

The Bible gives us a number of clues on how to be great in God’s eyes and in His Kingdom. In Matthew 5:19 it gives us two of them. It says, “…But anyone who obeys God’s laws and teaches them will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven”. The two key thoughts of this [...]

I recently got asked the question “Why do we need the Holy Spirit, when I already have Jesus?” It was by someone who was a new Christian. It was a good question and one that I asked myself a number of years ago. I decided to pull out some Scriptures and see what the Bible [...]

The Bible says in John 3:3, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” It is amazing to think that it is 21 years ago today that I became born again. This was the day that I realised that I was a sinner and I [...]

Many people believe that the Bible is full of complex rules that we need to know and follow. However there is one verse that sums up all of the relational teachings very simply. This verse is found in Matthew 7:12 and is called the Golden Rule. It says, “Do to others whatever you would like [...]

James 3:17 says, “But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere”. Let’s break down the words from this verse to help us to understand the wisdom that comes from heaven. I have looked the words up in my [...]

When I first became a Christian one of the things I really struggled with was the idea of the Trinity. People used the idea of the apple (core, flesh, skin) and the water (ice, steam, water) to explain it to me. But I still never got the idea of three in one. It wasn’t until [...]

The sinner’s prayer is a prayer that people can pray to begin a relationship with God. It typically includes a number of things like… confessing your sin and asking God’s forgiveness, telling God you believe Jesus died on the cross for your sin and He rose to life asking Jesus into our lives to be [...]