Romans 1:16-17 Ashamed of the gospel I still remember the first time I felt truly alienated and ridiculed for being a Christian. In my second year of university, after attending the mid-year conference with the Christian student group, I had …
Luke 24:36-53 We all want peace By personality I am a ‘peacemaker’. Like many people, I don’t enjoy conflict or confronting people. I find difficult conversations… difficult! I naturally have a diplomatic manner rather than a ‘tell it like it …
Luke 22:39-65 Struggling to improve? When I was in primary school I did a couple of years of Little Athletics. It was the only official ‘out of school sport’ I ever did (my parents were more active in supporting music …
Luke 21:5-38 I remember someone close to me, a thoughtful and devout Christian, mentioning that he was concerned about what he was hearing in the news about what was going on between Russia and some other eastern European country, because …
Luke 19:45 – 20:19 Who are you to tell me what to do? Recently as we were driving to the beach, I made the mistake of playing George one of my favourite songs from my high school years. In the …
2 Timothy 1:13-2:13 What’s driving you? At the latest working bee in January, Roberto, July and I finally finished the deck at the church manse next door. 99% of the work was finished almost a year ago, after 2 months …
Psalm 73 Responding to Disillusionment Why do you think a Christian might begin to doubt their faith? What do you think might cause youto give up on following Jesus if you’re a Christian? For most people, I don’t think it’s going …
Luke 1:26-56 Over the top reactions I’m not a great receiver of gifts. I do appreciate gifts, and of course I’m thankful and try to make sure you know I appreciate the gift or at least the thoughtfulness. But I’m …
1 Timothy 3 What are you looking for in a leader? When I was 12 years old, I ran for School Captain of the illustrious (read: backwater) ‘Rasmussen State School’. I didn’t win. My friend, Sam Laing easily beat …
