Love God & His World: from Uganda to Golden Grove
Visiting Uganda was rewarding in ways I didn’t expect. I knew it would be culturally very different and that I would be challenged in my thinking. But I was changed in ways I couldn’t have anticipated. I was warmed by the generous hospitality of Ugandan people who had little in the way of material resources […]
Showdown
Don’t you just love it when Clint Eastwood rides into town and cleans everything up with his big gun?! Sometimes we feel that’s how God ought to operate. We can find that all the stuff that’s ‘crook’ in society gets ‘a bit much’ for us; we want to strike out at it, and we reckon […]
Testing
Well, it happened… the Aussies managed to go and lose the third test at Headingly!… And despite the prophecy from the Prime Minister – “Just like the Aussies… always winning”. There are not a few bleary-eyed Australian supporters feeling a little ‘stumped’ at the moment! I had a test myself the other day that didn’t go […]
Time Lord
I hope there’re some Doctor Who fans in our congregation, because the Bible says that Jesus Christ is the ultimate Time Lord! – i.e., ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever’ (Heb 13:8); and Jesus says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” (Rev […]
Hearts Too Full!
South Australian Anglican Minister, preacher and evangelist, Geoffrey Bingham, said “evangelism is a heart too full of the love of God to contain it”. He was really just quoting Jesus Christ when he said this (Mt 12:34b-35a). When I first became a Christian, I was “blown away” by the incredible love and mercy of God my […]
The Broken, Healed
Matthew 9:9-13 Occasionally I have conversations with a certain relative who lists off a range of ailments. I listen sympathetically. However, when I suggest that one of those ailments sounds serious, and that they should really go immediately to see the Dr and get it thoroughly checked out, they insist that they are really not too […]
The Universe in a Toolshed
Some blokes in our church have toolsheds that contain everything… yes, as well as the kitchen sink! C.S. Lewis tells how he once stood in a toolshed – I imagine it small and rickety, down the back of a mid-20thcentury English garden. It was daytime, yet the toolshed was unlit and all dark, apart from a […]
Weirdo!
Sometimes being a Christian is a bit weird! On the Day of Pentecost, God poured out the Holy Spirit upon all believers in a new, and powerful way (Acts 2:1-21). Miraculous signs were seen, with many speaking God’s Word in languages they’d never learned, so that foreign visitors could understand them. The believers were so […]
He Carries Us All the Way
This is the week we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus into heaven. This Is not some abstract thought. It means that Jesus is physically in heaven at the Father’s right hand advocating on our behalf. He is praying for us right now. Hebrews 7.25 tells us ‘He is able to save to the uttermost those […]
There’s No One Like Mum!
There was no other way for us to have life, and all the wonder of it, than to be born into it by our mothers. Only our mothers had what was required to make this happen. Consequently, we are all eternally grateful to them, and love them very much. Happy Mother’s Day to all mums out […]