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Questions about Christianity
Do you have questions about the Christian faith – try this app – you can ask your questions and you can use 80 major languages – you don’t need to use English if that is not your heart language. If you would like to talk to someone who can coach you and help answer your questions – send us your details below. If you would like to understand how to make that decision to become a Christian then do ask…
Christianity Explored – Register here
Do you have questions about faith, Christianity, God, life and its direction? This programme gives you an opportunity to discuss this, to bring your questions and to see what the Bible says about your questions. You can just have coffee and a discussion based around the Bible and what it states, and think about what our response to that might be? We offer an 8 evening programme – called Christianity Explored starting May 2022 What can you expect? Discussion, outline…
Living by faith
Living by faith. Recently, I was listening to a few new worship songs during a devotional time. One began to play that immediately caught my attention. It’s title: Give me faith. It made me realise that faith alone is not something I often ask for or sing about. As I began to dwell on the lyrics, and search the scriptures, the importance of asking for faith became clear to me. If we are a people who are called to live…
Love is the final fight
The Life of John Perkins I’ve spent some time recently, reading about the life and work of John M. Perkins. An African American minister and civil rights activist, who grew up in the middle of the civil rights movement in America. His life has been devoted to unity and love. He has a powerful testimony of seeking to have Christ like love, in situations that would be hard for anyone to live through. This reaches past the anger and hate…
Distractions!
Recently, the Holy Spirit has been drawing my attention to the fact that I have been letting the world, the everyday and the busy become distractions and draw me away from Him. I have been slipping into an attitude of complacency. The seemingly immediate needs of the day-to-day demand my attention and my desire for security, for rest and for significance creep in. Despite feeling the pull of the priorities of the world in recent times, I have also during…
Infinite worth or infinite worthlessness?
“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer At the end of another week, I often look back on days dominated by things that may seem important at the time, but in the end hold no value in God’s view of things. God’s values are different from ours and I seem to keep running after that which God doesn’t. God ran after us, whereas I’m…
Winter Bible School – Book it in
Winter Bible Scho`ol Its Full – email us if you would like to join us. Details are on www.winterbibleschool.co.nz Book the Winter Bible School into your calendar now. Three days – Friday 22nd June – Sunday 24th of June – Two days, twelve sessions, three outstanding speakers. Options for each day. Each day – doors open at 8am for a 9am start – full schedule is here https://www.winterbibleschool.co.nz/page/schedule-2018/ Introducing Pastor Greg Burgess from Jocelyn Elen on Vimeo. Introducing Geoff Smith…
Messiness
We live in a messy world. We are surrounded by messy situations in our relationships, our families, our friendships, our parenting, our bodies, our hearts, our priorities, our businesses, our jobs, our schools, our homes, our churches, our government, our country, our world – it is not hard to feel down about the mess things are in. This is no surprise to God though. The world is not how he intended it to be. We live with sin in our world and in a broken relationship with our…
CK is here from Myanmar this week
Learning about Myanmar We have built up a good relationship with partners in this country- You can find out more here. This week we have a visit from CK Hrang Tiam. Join us on Thursday night to meet CK and here a little of his story. About CK CK is the principal of Myanmar Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (MEGST) in Yangon. CK completed his MTh at SAIACS, Bangalore, India, in 1998-99, before being recruited as the very first full-time lecturer at…
Shadows
Shadows My eyes shifting around me Always followed by shadows There is no escaping their folds, Cast by your glaring brightness The closer I come, the thicker they fall Hanging off the skin of my back Dragging me down, gripping and tearing But as I look to you they disappear I had thought: the brighter you shine, The tighter their hold Now I see: the brighter you shine The further they dissolve Light pours through the shadows, Tearing the veil…
Tender Hearted
The miracle and becoming tender hearted The disciples had been out with Jesus and had seen the miracle of feeding thousands of people with five loaves and two fish. After everyone had eaten they gathered up twelve baskets of left overs. Jesus then told them to get into the boat and go ahead of him towards the other side of the lake. As night fell Jesus was still on land and the disciples were out on the lake and having…
Who do you say I am?
Last Sunday I spoke about the questions Jesus asks in the gospels. Theses questions invite us deeper into the heart of who Jesus is, and deeper into his mission. Further still the questions can challenge us and make us consider our own hearts and responses to his truth. One such example is found in Mark 8:27-30. Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” They…
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