A long list of names Today we have come to the final chapter in the Paul’s letter to the Romans. For many this last chapter can feel like the credits at the end of a movie, just a long list …
Romans 15:14-33 Learning from the details… When you’re reading the Bible, some parts just jump out to you as powerfully relevant to what’s going on in your life. You almost feel like it was written specifically for you – …
Disagreements and quarrels So often in life we find ourselves in disagreements. Sometimes these disagreements are over things that are significant and important and other times we find ourselves quarrelling about things that, when it comes down to it, don’t …
Romans 13 Are Christians good for society? When I was studying engineering at UNSW, quite a few years ago now!, I remember reading an article in the student magazine written by my nice, smiley maths tutor. It was all …
In view of God’s mercy The Lord Jesus told a story of a servant who owed the king an incredible amount of money, 10,000 talents which in today terms, at least by my calculation which are admitted pretty rough, would …
I wouldn’t make a good builder. My skills with wood are very limited and when it comes to looking at plans for designs of houses etc. Well let’s just say that Larissa has some skills in this department that I …
Blame When something goes wrong people often look for someone else to blame. The last person we want to blame is usually ourselves. We often blame others We want to be able to point our finger at someone and say …
Romans 9 Romans Chapter 9 raises some big questions for us. It provides some very important answers – although I suspect some of us won’t find the answers easy or particularly satisfying. It’s a very important passage for each …
1. Recapping the story When you are watching a TV series on Netflix and you go from one episode to the next or from one season to the next you sometimes get a recap of the story thus far. The …
