WelshRev's Podcast

Where is your safety net? A rich man came to Jesus full of questions about his own insecurity. Jesus loved him, then named the one thing he was leaning on. Why did Jesus tell the rich young ruler to sell what he owned? Not because money is evil, but because this man was treating his wealth as proof that he was OK, and he secretly doubted it. Jesus challenged what he was leaning on. The short answer: leaning on a person with the love and power to take care of you is safer than anything you can

Why does a man with wealth, a clean record and the respect of his community kneel in front of Jesus and ask what he still lacks? He had property, a clean moral record and public respect, yet still sensed something missing. Comfort and status cannot give security, and that unmet need is what drives him to Jesus. In Mark 10:17, the rich man (often called the rich young ruler) shows us that money buys comfort but never makes us safe, and that whatever we can get never seems to be enough. This

Who do you say Jesus is? In this Word for the Week, recorded on Mynydd Illtud in the Breacon Beacons range in South Wales, we walk through Mark 8:27-38: Peter’s confession at pagan Caesarea Philippi, Jesus’s first prediction of his suffering, and the call to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow him. You will find out why the setting matters, why Jesus silenced the news that he was the Christ, what “Get behind me” may really mean, and what a cross meant to the people who first heard th

What is the point of a bridge? A bridge connects two places that would otherwise stay separated. Sitting quietly by the rebuilt Old Bridge (Stari Most) in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, I was struck by how well this matches what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 5:18-20: Christ has reconciled us to God, and the bridge he built is cross shaped. In this Super Short Thought: How the Neretva River has long divided the east and west of Mostar and why rebuilding the bridge after the conflict matters.

What does unity really mean ... andwhere does it come from? In this Super Short Thought, filmed on a marble street in Mostar the day after preaching there, we look at a church full of people from different languages, cultures and ethnic backgrounds, all gathered because of Jesus. It felt like Acts 2. Quick answer: Christian unity does not mean everyone looks the same, sounds the same or comes from the same place. In Acts 2, the miracle was that people heard the gospel in their own languages an

What does the Bible say about friendship? In this Super Short Thought, recorded over coffee with an old friend in Mostar, we look at Proverbs 17:17: "A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity." In an age when relationships can feel disposable, this verse reminds us that faithfulness matters. A true friend stays when it is inconvenient, when you disagree, and when life is hard. And that kind of faithfulness is rooted in the character of God Himself. Watch more Sup