18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.Philippians 3:18-19Isn’t that sad… It’s kind of the line you imagine your grandma saying over and over as she watches the nightly news. It’s fi...  Read More

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in very nature God,    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7 rather, he made himself nothing    by taking the very nature of a servant,    being made in human likeness.8 And being found in appearance as a man,    he humbled himself    by becoming obedient to death— ...  Read More

8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all tha...  Read More

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heave...  Read More

10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.Ephesians 2:10I’ve been unemployed a few times in my life. My first University degree was a Bachelor of Arts majoring in History & Politics. To steal a Bruce Lee quote, all this meant is that I could think deeper thoughts about being unemployed.I remember it was really hard. That fee...  Read More

14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the ser...  Read More

9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.Galatians 6:9-10I was having a conversation with a mate about family. He was surprised to hear me say that I don’t think we need to be friends with our family. Like ...  Read More

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain ChristPhilippians 3:7-8Some would say that many people in our community have everything. You drive around the Northern Suburbs and som...  Read More

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:6 Who, being in very nature God,    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;7 rather, he made himself nothing    by taking the very nature of a servant,    being made in human likeness.Philippians 2:5-7We are memorising Philippians 2:5-11. It’s an incredibly important passage of Scr...  Read More

“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,    who choose what pleases me    and hold fast to my covenant—5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls    a memorial and a name    better than sons and daughters;I will give them an everlasting name    that will endure forever.6 And foreigners who bind themselves to the Lord    to minister to him,to love the name of the Lord,    and to be his serva...  Read More

12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.Philippians 2:12-13Something I hear pretty regularly from people is, “I have a faith in God.” The people who I’m speaking about often d...  Read More

Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you—    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.Proverbs 27:10On Wednesdays, we have been speaking about the wisdom of friendship. Today, I just want to give thanks for good friends.A good friend is someone who knows you. Who cares about you. Who, as the writer of the Pr...  Read More