Sep 10, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Jeremiah was a prophet during the time of the destruction of the Temple, and exile at the hands of the Babylonians (587 BCE). While false prophets were trying to urge the exiles to have false hope in a quick return, Jeremiah urged them to trust God’s faithfulness, put...
Sep 10, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
The image of a potter forming something beautiful and purposeful from a shapeless lump of clay is universal across time and space and of course there’s the famous pottery scene in the film ‘Ghost’ (1990) with Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze! In Jeremiah’s visit to the...
Aug 19, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. This particular reading is the call of Jeremiah. ...
Aug 13, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector...
Aug 4, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” In my travels of Australia I have visited a number of Uniting Churches for a time of worship with the local members of that congregation. At the Swan Hill Uniting Church...
