By Not Known One of the warmest images for God is that he is a father. Not just any father, but the father of whom all earthly fathers are imperfect shadows. Indeed, the high point in the Lord’s Prayer is when we address God as Our father who is in heaven. He is our father…

By Not Known It is easy for Christians to be complacent and cavalier. After all, we say, God accepts me ‘just as I am’ and there is ‘no condemnation’ because of the cross of Jesus and my faith in him. And so we settle back making no real effort or commitment in the Christian life.…

By Not Known We often make one of two mistakes when it comes to knowing ourselves. Some have self-esteem that is far too high. We have swallowed the snake’s lie and believe that we are like gods (Gen 3:4). Others have too low a view of people in general or too low an individual self-esteem.…

By Not Known Today is a celebration of grace as we receive new members into the church. They are a testimony to the sovereign grace of God. The Father chose them in ‘ eternity, the Son died for them and intercedes for them and the Spirit called them to faith and now lives in them.…

By Not Known We people of God can sometimes be amazing. Consider the Old Testament church as they travelled from Egypt to Canaan. They had seen God’s salvation in the exodus, had met with God on Mount Sinai and were the objects of his promises. They had food sufficient for each day, water and deliverance…

By Not Known Do you grumble against God? It’s quite common for us to grumble when he does not give us what we want and when we want it. Or when he takes things from us that we want. Or when he sends hardship and challenge. Let’s think about our grumbling. Israel grumbled on her…

By Not Known Many years ago I mas taught navigation skills as part of training for military intelligence. A bunch of us soldiers were put into a sealed truck, dumped in the bush and told to plot a path back to home base. For that, we needed to know where we were. At first glance…

By Not Known The Christian message is a message about Jesus. More specifically, it is a message about who Jesus is and how we should respond to him. Jesus is the Son who was sent from God to die on a cross and to be raised. He is the Saviour of all who believe. He…

By Not Known We remembered the death of Jesus and celebrated his resurrection at Easter. Last Sunday we saw that the Cross summons us to a changed life now. We are called to enter into the Easter story, deny ourselves, take up our cross of suffering and tread the path of Jesus into his kingdom.…

By Not Known On Good Friday we sang the words of Isaac Watt’s evocative hymn ‘When I Survey the Wondrous Cross’. Ponder again the words of the last stanza: Were the whole realm of nature mine that were an offering for too small: love so amazing so divine, demands my soul, my life my all.…