Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for herEphesians 5:22This one isn’t just for husbands. Or for wives to remind their husbands. It’s for all of us as we encourage each other to live as Christ. We all know a husband, whether it’s our brother in Christ, our Dad or ourselves. Let’s be reminded of what it looks like to be a good one.Tips:Say the passage out...  Read More

I will remember the deeds of the Lord;    yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.I will consider all your works    and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”Psalm 77:11-12Do you ever spend time just remembering and reflecting? I’m hopeless at this. I feel caught up in the endless need to be stimulated. Or the need to be busy doing whatever is next.But it really is a weakness of our culture. W...  Read More

In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”Exodus 16:2-3Fickle is the word that comes to mind. I’m not talking about Israel (well, I am), but I...  Read More

Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind.Psalm 107:21The pessimist looks at the world and sees calamity at every turn. The optimist sees linear progress. What is your bent towards? What should the Christian see? What God sees right?So what does God see? Well, all perspectives I think. But truthfully and He tells us something of this. The pessimist...  Read More

Theology ThursdayQ. 38. What benefits do believers receive from Christ at the resurrection?A. At the resurrection, believers being raised up in glory, shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted in the day of judgement, and made perfectly blessed in the full enjoying of God to all eternity.Westminster Shorter CatechismDo you like new things? Most of us do. Kids love a new toy. A new car. A new hous...  Read More

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.Proverbs 3:5-6Over the next few Wednesdays, in keeping with our Wisdom Wednesday theme, I’m going to explore the idea of ‘Making Godly Decisions’. My experience is that many Christians desire to honour God with their lives but sometimes don’t know how.T...  Read More

“In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you.You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.8 By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up.The surging waters stood up like a wall;the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.9 The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them.I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them.I will draw...  Read More

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord:“I will sing to the Lord,    for he is highly exalted.Both horse and driver    he has hurled into the sea.Exodus 15:1-2I want you to imagine something with me. Imagine Australians had been invaded and enslaved. Forced to work in hard labour, doing all the worst jobs. Receiving only the food you could grow on the side. No sick leave, no medic...  Read More

Jesus called the Twelve and said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, and the servant of all.”Mark 9:35There is a deep desire in me to be served. How good would it be? We look at the lives of the super-rich. We imagine they worry about nothing. People to cook, to clean, to provide for their every need.But then I remember Jesus. The most powerful being beyond the universe. He didn’...  Read More

As iron sharpens iron,so one person sharpens anotherProverbs 27:17We live in a time where people are more interested in blunting each other than in sharpening. That’s my general assessment. We want affirmation. Echo chambers. People to agree with us. And we only listen to them if they do.Maybe the issue is that we are no longer made of the right stuff, we have become chalk where once we were metal...  Read More

By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.Exodus 14:21-22Long before Google Maps, there was God. No, I don’t think that’s the point. But this is an ancient ex...  Read More

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4:13The early Church Father, Tertullian said it best, “Hope is patience with the lamp lit.” The reality is that life can be very dark because of death and its symptoms. And if the Dawkins brigade are right then it is far dar...  Read More