Betrayers and the Lord’s Table
Of all the words in human language, there is one that is amongst the most cutting. It attacks the heart and the mind. It wrenches apart relationships. It is the word that accosts… Continue reading
Of all the words in human language, there is one that is amongst the most cutting. It attacks the heart and the mind. It wrenches apart relationships. It is the word that accosts… Continue reading
When Jesus tells the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25, there something feels familiar about the three men described. Do you recognise the first two guys in the parable? Do you know… Continue reading
I want you to imagine with me for a second that I am holding a bag of pasta and a bottle of pasta sauce. Now I want you to answer a very tricky… Continue reading
In Paul’s letter to the church of Corinth, chapter 13 is fairly plain sailing up until verse 8. We hear the teaching of Scripture on love as patient and kind, but then Paul… Continue reading
One day a church secretary misspelled a word. She was typing out a financial appeal for a needy cause when in her haste she misspelled the world ‘give.’ So when the Sunday bulletin… Continue reading
Temptation is a word used about once a week across Australia. It is used by the 3 million Christians when they recite the third petition of the Lord’s Prayer. Apart from that, I… Continue reading
A recent Psychology Today article began with this paragraph: ‘I don’t know about you, but when I think about the future, one thing seizes my mind – children.’ My children – your children… Continue reading
Do you remember what it was like last time you went on holiday? For young people it is important to take CDs, iPods, phone chargers, or reading material. For parents it is important… Continue reading
Jan 20, 1991 War. W-A-R. A simple, tiny word. Easily spelt, but what a word. Shakespeare says in Henry 5, ‘O war, thou son of hell.’ War represents a tragic waste. It is… Continue reading