28-01-15 Luke 9:59 – 10:1 He said to another man, “Follow me.” But the man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” 61 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; […]
Read more "Who dares wins"Acts 4:7 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” You know, that’s not a bad question to ponder, that last one. One lesson that I have had to learn is that the more influence you have, the more […]
Read more "How are you doing it?"Is it possible that what turbocharges our quest to be effective and therefore leads us to struggle with the question of guidance can sometimes be reasons that are a little less biblical than we might think?
Read more "Affective ministry = Effective ministry = Joyous life."Exodus 24:15-18 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. 17 To the Israelites the glory of the LORD […]
Read more "The Race to Which Mountain?"13-01-15 Romans 4:18-20 18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead– since he was about a […]
Read more "What to do when you are hopeless."12-01-15 Acts 3:11 They all rushed out in amazement to Solomon’s Colonnade, where the man was holding tightly to Peter and John. This verse refers to the guy that was placed out in front of the temple to “beg for alms and hold out his palms” but as the kid’s song reminds us, Peter said […]
Read more "What do we do when we feel better?"07-01-16 I thought it might be a good idea to bite off more than I can chew. So……gun laws in America, what the heck is going on over there? If you’re an everyday Aussie (especially one who remembers the Port Arthur massacre back in ’96) you’re probably looking at the hullabaloo that some folks are […]
Read more "Lead us not into temptation."