Too Much Beavering
Too Much Beavering Little children can be real busy beavers. You only have to watch them to realize that often they are attempting to do four things at once. Even […]
Take a Look
Take A Look Scripture: Isaiah 45.22-45: Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. 23 By myself I have sworn; […]
Living to the Praise of God’s Glorious Grace
Philippians 1.1-11 1. Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and […]
Where is Jesus Now?
Where is Jesus now? And what is he doing? At Easter Christians all over the world repeat the joyous affirmation of faith: ‘Christ is risen. He is risen indeed.’ But then […]
An Old Testament Prophecy of Jesus (Zech.3)
Zechariah 3 contains one of the most striking prophecies relating to the meaning of the death of the Messiah in the entire Bible. It is a stunning prediction of what […]
Easter Disruption
Easter Disruption The world of strategic planning includes reference to ‘disruptor events’. Chat GPT defines this as: ‘a significant occurrence or incident that dramatically changes the normal course of operations, […]
The Supper at Passover Time
THE SUPPER AT PASSOVER TIME: LAST OR FIRST? Preparation Passover was the meal celebrating deliverance of God’s people from bondage in Egypt. As described in Exodus 12 it was observed […]
Last Things First
LAST THINGS FIRST During the season of Christmas, we celebrate the first coming of the Christ child. But what about His second coming? How should we prepare for this? Last […]
On this Rock I Will …
If the saying is true that statistics never lie, it would be reasonable to assume that the Christian Church in the West is in trouble. The data seems clear, it’s […]
The Virgin Birth
THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF CHRIST In the spirit of the saying ‘A text explained without its context is a pretext for a proof text’, I offer some thoughts on Isaiah […]
Christmas Treasure
Christmas Treasure Anticipating a fun night, Ian and I took our two grandsons to the town’s Christmas carnival. For two hours, we mingled with the crowd and saw hundreds of […]
The Source of Permanent Joy
Luke 1:39–45 Mary Visits Elizabeth I don’t want a fix of joy; but its permanent presence. The tides in King Sound near the town of Derby in far-north-west Australia measure […]
That Baby!
Movies give us one picture of a hero. ChatGPT puts it like this: Heroes are strong, brave, confident, determined and inspiring. They wear capes. If that’s the picture, Jesus is […]
The Cross –
A few years ago, somebody stole the cross that was perched high up on Sunrise Rock in the Mojave Desert. Veteran soldiers had placed it there to honour and remember […]
Services, superheroes and heroes
On Services, superheroes and heroes (delivered on Speech Night for the Scotch College community, October 2024) I’m fully aware that exams occupy your minds right now: there’s study week, 2½ […]
Freedom from ‘That’ Sin
By Rory O’Shea Imagine if we could be completely free of that sin. Maybe we know someone who is free from it – and we yearn to be free, gloriously […]