by Brendan McLaughlin | May 5, 2018 | Weekly News
Across Term 2 we’re looking at the Sermon on the Mount, which begins with a description of the type of person one has to BE, before they can pursue what the sermon tells them to DO. The Beatitudes describe a Christian. But why is such a person ‘blessed’? To begin...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Apr 29, 2018 | Weekly News
In recent weeks we’ve been looking at how the Bible describes Christians as ‘the righteous’; those whose faith leads them to WANT to obey God’s ways. In contrast, the label it reserves for non-Christians is ‘sinner’. Why then does our preaching always point out the...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Apr 22, 2018 | Weekly News
In Psalm 18, King David says: 21For I have kept the ways of the LORD; I have not done evil by turning from my God. 22All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees. 23I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin. Can Christians...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Apr 15, 2018 | Weekly News
The Bible splits the world into two groups; ‘the righteous’ and ‘the wicked’ (e.g. Psalm 1). While these groups were sometimes hard to differentiate, In Mal 3:18 the prophet says of Jesus’ day: And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Mar 25, 2018 | Weekly News
The second last Core Value for our church’s vision, which we’re preaching through this term, is ‘fellowship’; which is defined as ‘a close association involving mutual interests and sharing’. As we saw last week, our mutual interest is in Christ, and the thing we...
