Nov 13, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Watch and Pray This reading is one of those difficult, apocalyptic passages which tend to get some Christians a bit excited about the whole ‘end times’ and ‘second coming’ phenomenon. I remember as a teenager in the ’70s, books, films, songs about The Rapture were all...
Nov 6, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Unless the Lord builds the house… In the work of the Presbytery, the work of the congregations and Church Councils across the Presbytery, and in our own personal lives, there are many decisions to be made. This week’s Psalm opens with the words Unless the Lord builds...
Oct 31, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
It has been said that a good question is worth a thousand answers. In Douglas Adam’s madcap story, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, (2005), they ask their giant computer the question – you know, THE question – about life, the universe, and everything....
Oct 24, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
I’m pretty certain that Martin Luther didn’t realise that tacking up those 95 theses of his on to the big doors of the college church in Wittenburg would one day result in the streetscapes of the many country towns I have driven through over the years. Before Luther...
Oct 24, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
The Scripture text for this week is about greatness. True greatness. James and John want Jesus to put them in charge of the universe! They want Jesus to save them the seats of authority and prominence – one on his right and the other on his left – when he...
Oct 8, 2024 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
A few years ago I was preparing for my church’s Blessing of the Animals service. My mind was all about the furry, feathered and finned creatures with whom we share our precious earthly space. I turned to the Hebrews reading, and, not surprisingly I guess, a couple of...
