This week on holidays I read a short book called ‘Seven reasons to (re)consider Christianity’ by musician, minister and author, Ben Shaw. As I read it, I was struck again by how much sense it makes to be a Christian and to follow Jesus. For his seven chapter titles, he says that people should (re)consider […]
[UPDATED 4pm Saturday 26th June] Well, we’ve all just heard that Greater Sydney has gone into lockdown. Our church is not in Greater Sydney, but we’re now affected in many ways, nonetheless. Even though the new rules don’t start until 6pm, the Wardens and I have decided that we’ll run church tonight as though the new […]
This week has seen Greater Sydney respond to a serious outbreak of Covid-19, and we pray that it is contained quickly so we can resume normal life as soon as possible. Due to the blessings of geography, our church is located outside of Greater Sydney plus Shellharbour, so most of the current restrictions do not […]
Acts 2:37-47 What is Fellowship? Introduction – Tarzan and Robinson Crusoe Romans 14:7 – For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. Acts 2:41 – Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, […]
Even though we are blessed at our church with great gatherings around God’s word each Saturday night and Sunday morning, there are still many excellent reasons to be a part of a small ‘growth’ group. Most obviously, a weekly or fortnightly group offers the ability to sit down with a few other people to carefully […]
Don’t ask a question… Ignorance is no _______ People have holy hunches about God but do _______ Ahab won’t ask for _____ because he can’t handle it Ben-hadad didn’t give back the _____ to Israel If the Lord doesn’t want them to fight, then they will ____ Ahab asked the right question to the _____ […]
Confirmation is a special event in our church which gives people an opportunity to say as a grown up what was promised on their behalf as a baby. Our church believes that the promises of God apply to whole households… which means that babies of Christian parents are also Christians. My kids have been Christians […]
Bullies and bad leaders We will see big _______ doing big bullying The bully north of the border __________ Israel King Ahab _________ to the bully King Ahab shows ____ amidst hopelessness The ____ is on the side of Israel King Ahab ______ the word of the Lord Bully Ben-hadad is __________ They misunderstood the […]
When a newspaper article this week ran with the headline, ‘Scripture used to justify violence’, it was a sad reminder that some Christians have distorted the meaning of the Bible to serve their own sin. The Bible is very clear: we are to love one another, and that there is no place for any abuse […]
Farewell the smorgasbord The different religions are not all ____ Nobody comes to the Father except by _____ We’ll see one of the great spiritual _______ Elijah _____ the Lord and travels to King Ahab Elijah comes face-to-face with King ____ An ambassador can’t ______ the message Ahab submits to the _______ of Elijah You […]