WelshRev's Podcast

Revelation 5:6 shows something that stops you short: a Lamb, standing alive - but still bearing the marks of having been killed.Not healed over.Still visible.Still defining who He isThat image from the ancient vision in Revelation is a pictorial of Jesus - risen, exalted to the highest place in…

Five reasons Mark's Gospel might be the most surprising read of your summer:- It's the shortest Gospel.- Written at gripping pace.- Surprisingly honest about failure, doubt and hard questions.- And it keeps pressing one unavoidable question: who exactly was Jesus?- Whether you're a committed …

Why do some people appear spiritually serious during a crisis, only to drift away once life settles down again?In this week’s Word for the Week, Simon explores Exodus 9:28 and Pharaoh’s dramatic but temporary confession during the plague of hail.Beneath the surface lies a searching warning abou…

Pharaoh said "I have sinned." He may even have meant it ... at the time.But Exodus 9 exposes something that cuts closer to home than we'd like: feeling bad about consequences is not the same thing as repentance.Modern culture tends to assume that strong feelings equal deep change.They don't.…

Most of us would never say we're 'using' God.But Pharaoh did exactly that - called for prayer the moment a crisis hit, then walked away when things settled.Sound familiar?This short thought from Exodus 9 asks an uncomfortable question: are we relating to God as Lord, or just as a spiritual em…

One of the most unsettling moments in the Bible comes when Pharaoh finally says:“I have sinned.”It sounds sincere.It sounds like repentance.But the moment the pressure lifts … he 'Personality Bombs' and goes straight back to resisting God exhibiting his own hidden hypocrisy.Exodus 9 confront…