Light vs. Darkness “Spiritual warfare” may excite or intimidate you or maybe you think it is irrelevant in 21st Century modern and comfortableAustralia. Whether we accept or like it, humankind is caught in a cosmic battle of eternal significance between God and His angels on one side against Satan and his demons. There [...]
American Pastor Rick Warren burst onto the Australian Christian scene in the 1990’s with his teachings on church growth. Since then he has faithfully continued to sow his life into the local church, and has become quite well known internationally in the process. I was about to write a “food for thought” this morning, and [...]
Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD, which I am commanding [...]
Are you living for His “presents” or His “presence”? It’s a very challenging thought. This was the question posed last week in the sermon and has promoted some helpful discussion throughout the week. Most of us tend to live focused on ourselves, and why wouldn’t we. You get up each morning, and your’s is the [...]
FAITH 11 has been our vision/theme for the year 2011.
Happy Father’s day to the Dad’s in our church. Isn’t it amazing that the one eternal being who created all things, knows all things and sustains all things, chooses to reveal Himself as “Father”. Four of the greatest moments of my life were the days of the birth of our children. It is an amazing [...]
I’m really excited about an idea that has been on the table for a couple of years now; let me tell you about it. It’s called “church online”, and it involves us providing the basics of a church service that can be accessed through the internet. Now let me clarify from the start, this would [...]
Was chatting to a wise person this week and they quoted a truth; “the more you own, the more it owns you”. I believe this is true. Jesus said in Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the [...]
I was asked recently to put in writing some of the quality resources that are available online. So here are some of the places that I find helpful in my personal and pastoral studies. * Biblos is a great site that I use for online bible study resources. http://bible.cc * Youversion – is fantastic. Lots [...]