The Bible A To Z

Man shall not live by bread alone

2. The importance of knowing God’s word when your child is well…

February 27, 2020.Reading time 19 minutes.

“I don’t know how you coped so well.” “I don’t know how you do it.” “You seem to be doing so well.” I can’t tell you the number of times I heard these statements during the year my son was sick, and the year after his death. Statements meant as an encouragement, statements that came […]

1. What it is like to miss church regularly

February 18, 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

I’ve had the privilege of growing up in a Christian household, where going to church weekly, and often more than once weekly, was just the way we lived. It was a pattern that I neither questioned, nor particularly thought about. Most children don’t think about why school is Monday through to Friday, even if they […]

It’s my intention to post articles about the themes of the Bible. I’ve started my first A-Z with the Old Testament (which I’ve already mapped out). I’ve not sought to explore the basic or even most important A-Zs of the Bible, but particular themes that I have wanted to dig into and that are outside the scope of my usual weekly preaching through God’s wonderful life-giving word.

These are written with an interested church member in mind, not for the academy. But they are also not necessarily for the person new to Jesus either. Like a sermon, I almost exclusively engage with the Scriptures themselves rather than secondary sources. Unless mentioned otherwise, I use the ESV translation of the Bible.

Feel free to distribute these articles, but do not change their content or charge for them without written permission. May God be honoured in all we do.

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Jesus. Matthew 4:4)

Andrew Barry has been serving Christ with his people at Jannali Anglican Church for the last 13 years. He is married to Ruth. They live with five of their children and eagerly wait for to see the other one when Jesus returns. He starts at Menai Anglican in 2021.

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