The US Declaration of Independence says among the unalienable human rights, given by our creator, are ‘the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’. While we might think the pursuit of happiness to be a somewhat selfish, and therefore...

In his book ‘Forgotten God’, Francis Chan suggests many Christians today have neglected the Holy Spirit; to our enormous detriment. One example is in the Fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23). He asks, should not Christians, who have the Holy Spirit residing in them,...

On a scale of 1-10, how committed are you to fighting your sin? Non-Christians have very little reasons to serve or honour God by fleeing sin. They may however see the negative effects of particular sins, and conclude their lives would be better without them. The...

Last week we looked at one of the best prayers a person can pray; ‘Lord, I want to want more of God’. The beauty of this prayer is God promises to answer it with a resounding yes. Psalm 37:4 says ‘Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your...

Two weeks ago a young parishioner asked me to pray for him. His prayer request was one of the best prayers I’ve ever prayed for someone. A week later another parishioner told me he has been praying a similar thing for himself. So what is this ‘prayer of prayers’? It...

Doing Good In Acts 10 the Apostle Peter describes Jesus’ ministry as ‘preaching good news’ and ‘doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil’. Most evangelical Christians recognise that Jesus’ ministry was primarily about preaching; which we emulate...