Dealing with shame

Dealing with shame

Is there something you’re ashamed of?  We all have shame in our life; whether it be insecurities, embarrassing life circumstances, or guilt over a particular sin.  Did you know the gospel takes that shame away? In John 4 Jesus meets a woman collecting water in the...
Dealing with suffering

Dealing with suffering

The apostle Peter describes suffering as a ‘refiner’s fire’ (1 Pet 1:6-7), which does one of 2 things.  Either it will burn us up (i.e. destroy our faith), or as with precious metals, purify us (i.e. refine our faith), by showing us we’re not in control, and we need...
Which Religion

Which Religion

Ravi Zacharias, who passed away a few months ago, is famous for his contribution on analysing worldviews.  A worldview, according to Zacharias, is a set of assumptions a person has made, through which all decisions in life are made.  Since our worldview has so much...
Excited by Jesus

Excited by Jesus

As we move into our month of outreach, which we’re calling ‘New Member September’, it’s worth recognising that one of the reasons we may not be excited by evangelism is because we’re not excited enough by Jesus.  A simple fact of human nature is that when we come...
New Member September

New Member September

Next month is our major evangelism push for the year, where we preach on topics our church members indicate they would invite their non-Christian contacts along to hear.  This year we’re calling it ‘New Member September’.  It’s a simple title that captures what we...