by Brendan McLaughlin | Jul 28, 2019 | Weekly News
In his book ‘Mere Christianity’, C. S. Lewis says most Christians don’t approach the Bible looking to find out what Christianity says about giving; we approach the Bible hoping to find support for our existing views. As such we hold tightly to passages on prudence...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jul 21, 2019 | Weekly News
Today’s sermon topic is on the place of rest in the Christian life, with a particular focus on resting 1 day in 7. Yet what does the Bible say about prolonged rest; i.e. going on holidays? Well to begin with, God commanded the Israelites have at least 3 annual...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jul 14, 2019 | Weekly News
The memory verse for Holiday Club was from Acts 1:8, in which Jesus commands his disciples to tell all people the Good News about Him. But what exactly is the Good News? Most importantly, the Good News is how humans can have their Sin taken away by Jesus, because...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jul 7, 2019 | Weekly News
The situation with Israel Folau remains in the headlines weeks on, primarily because it is a messy situation with much at stake on both sides. Below are my thoughts. To begin, the reason certain pockets of society are sensitive to comments about homosexuality is...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jun 30, 2019 | Weekly News
The doctrine of ‘Salvation by grace alone’ has long been held as a liberating doctrine. Yet it is rejected by both Christians and non-Christians because it is not the kind of ‘liberation’ many desire. The alternative to ‘Salvation by grace’ is ‘salvation by merit’,...
