Purpose: To portray the abundant life as a confident and courageous life, rising beyond the challenges of the present moment and shaped within eternity. The lectionary readings for today are…
Purpose: To explain the concept of “reverent fear” in the light of a gospel of love and freedom. “Live in reverent fear!” The words literally leaped o the page at…
Purpose: To portray the resurrection of Jesus as an event of cosmic significance with a ripple effect that passes throughout human history. Although its main shock actually happened at 5:36…
Purpose: To affirm the people of God who are open to the creative word of the Sovereign God. I want you to be completely and utterly certain that the view…
Purpose: To inspire a spirit-inspired sense of purposefulness that enables folk individually and communally to capture a renewed vision of the With-God life. Does the name Johnny Nash mean anything…
Purpose: To highlight the role of human receptiveness of the miracle of faith so that those present identify their role in an active engagement / commitment. Last Sunday I spoke…
Purpose: To help people identify that miraculous faith (i.e. belief in Jesus) exists for them personally and links them with God. Lewis Carroll in his story “Through the Looking Glass”…
Purpose: To invite an understanding of sin as the backdrop for grace and not just as a moral compass. Once upon a time in the interests of keeping abreast of…
Purpose: To confront people with the unsettling nature of an encounter with the fullness of Christ, but hold out the promise of the one who lifts us up and moves…
Do you ever feel like a dinosaur? Well, that's the way the world often portrays Christians. We are continually being told that we are dinosaurs; that we belong to the…