Dear Friends, As we preach through the letter that James, the brother of Jesus, wrote in the middle of the first century AD, I want to focus on one aspect of life in the fledgling church. As we read elsewhere in the New Testament (especially the book of Acts and Paul’s letters) we get glimpses [...]
The Ethics in Schools controversy rumbles on. It’s easy for us to get apathetic about these issues and wonder whether it really is worth all the fuss. After all, what is really at stake? Two letters in Friday’s SMH are helpful. First, Martin Thomas in Cammeray writes, Let’s call the trial ethics course what it [...]
Dear Friends, I was watching TV this week and was both saddened and angered by 3 things. First, a news report of a one-year-old boy who, at 8 days-old, had his life support switched off by his parents as doctors told them he was as good as dead. He began to breathe on his own [...]
Dear Friends, There’s just one more public holiday to go until the new year resumes the frenetic pace of the previous one. Traffic snarls will grow, humidity will rise and Christmas credit card debts will need to be paid off. Holidays are good. It is right to have a time of rest, for this is [...]
Dear Friends, Last Sunday night was a great celebration for our church family as some very talented musicians and singers lifted our spirits and stirred our souls. Then we enjoyed the unseen labours of Bob & Robyn Bucknell’s Bible Study group who put the ‘dinner’ into Symphony Dinner. Thanks must go to all who coordinated [...]
The coming month has the potential to bring great change to our city. Whilst we are doing our bit at the suburban level to connect with our local community with a view to introducing people to Jesus, other things are happening at wider levels. I tell you about these so that you can seek God’s [...]
Dear Friends, As we preach through the book of Galatians, written around 49AD to Christians who were in danger of being lured into thinking that they could earn forgiveness, friendship and peace with God by their own works, we rightly focus on what Jesus has done for us. I’d hate you to get the impression [...]
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