Pastoral Message (Page 107)

Each week one of the pastoral staff prepare a message for the congregation.

God, Who Chose How to Save

By Not Known The Bible says that God has given us every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph. 1: 3). In particular, we are adopted as God’s sons and daughters through Jesus and have redemption in his blood. As Eph. 1: 5- 6 tells us: he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus…

God, Who Chose Whom to Save

By Not Known Christ came at Christmas time because God’s response to human sin was to save rather than to judge (Jn 3:17). This is a remarkable love and it is totally undeserved. However, the love of God GOES further than his choice to save and to send Jesus as Saviour. God also chose whom…

God, Who Chooses To Save

By Not Known Consider this story: A man started a business, which, in time, he entrusted to others to run for him. These people turned against him and refused to pay any attention to him or to give him the loyalty he expected. He sent some representatives to meet with them and warn them. But…

Light

By Not Known LIGHT Light is a common theme in many religions. Candles and other lights are used in various religious observances in temples, synagogues, churches and other religious buildings. What is the spiritual significance of light? Light shows us what we are really like – with all our faults and needs. Light shows the…

Package and product

By Not Known People sometimes feel the need for a makeover. Depending on who we are, we head for the hairdresser’s, skin clinic, spa, clothing and shoe shops. We come out looking and feeling like a million dollars (and costing it too!). But then a few days passes and we realise that not much has…

Bible Workshop

By Not Known … the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation throush faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teachins, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.(2 Tim 3:15-17). This is a…

The Bible Business

By Not Known An increasing range of Bible ‘products‘ are available to the Christian public. These include an ever-expanding number of translations, apparently endless versions of the same translation packaged for different markets and a huge range of supporting materials in hard and soft versions. The positive side of this is that the Christian public…

The Word of God

By Not Known It is a defining feature of the Christian church that we regard ourselves as a people of God’s book. We gladly affirm that all Scripture is inspired by God and useful…. (2 Tim 3:16). Because we identify the Bible as the word of God, we make Bible teaching and learning central to…

Everyday Worship

By Not Known Christians sometimes wonder if there is more to our faith than just church activities for a few hours. We may also wonder if our daily activities have significance before God – perhaps in comparison to people who work full time in Christian ministry. For a long time the Christian church downplayed the…

SINGING GOD’S SONGS

By Not Known God’s gift of music is first mentioned in Genesis 4:21 and has long been used in worship. One of the earliest sacred songs is a hymn of praise to God for his work of saving Israel from Egypt (Ex 15:1-18). These themes continue through both Old and New Testaments. There are hundreds…