by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 29, 2021 | Weekly News
That is the question regarding COVID. Those old enough to remember Thalidomide will know the dangers of taking chemicals that haven’t been properly tested. Yet those old enough to remember Polio can tell of how debilitating and terrifying that disease was, which...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 22, 2021 | Weekly News
The question the author asked in last week’s sermon passage (Heb 6) is, are you spiritually mature enough to handle the very detailed topic of Melchizedek (Heb 5 & 7)? Only those with hours of study under their belt are qualified to mine the gold and precious...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 15, 2021 | Weekly News
How are you coping under these ever-tightening lockdown restrictions? How is your mental health coping with the isolation? How is your physical health, given the restrictions over exercise? How is your family coping, being in each other’s pockets 24/7? How are...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 8, 2021 | Weekly News
If salvation is by grace alone, and not by works, why does the author to the Hebrews say ‘let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest’ (Heb 4:11)? What does he mean to work really hard in order to get into heaven? In order to understand v. 11 we must...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Aug 1, 2021 | Weekly News
Do not underestimate the power of encouragement. The area of ministry that has changed the most for me in recent years is the time I now dedicate to meeting up with parishioners one-to-one. While proclaiming the word from the pulpit each Sunday is still my number...
by Brendan McLaughlin | Jul 25, 2021 | Weekly News
In last week’s sermon I mentioned the Lord of the Ring’s character Boromir, who was next in line to be Steward of Gondor. Yet Boromir meets Aragorn, who is the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor. Boromir is initially conflicted, as Aragorn has barely set foot in...
