WelshRev's Podcast

Bought?!What Revelation 5 Says About Belonging and Human DignityThe death of Jesus wasn't just a tragedy - or a moral lesson - but a transaction.How come?There's a line in an ancient song, sung in a vision of heaven, that I've never been able to shake:"By your blood you purchased peop…

Most of us know what it feels like to be on the outside looking in.But Revelation chapter 5 makes a claim that changes everything: every person bought by the blood of Jesus is given the status of a priest - direct access to God, no CV required, no reputation needed, no gatekeeping ... just follo…

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.…