Oct 24, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
This reading is part of a letter sent to the people of Thessalonica by Paul. It gives a number of images about how Paul passed on information about God to the people of Thessalonica. One of these images was about “not to please mortals, but to please God”. I...
Oct 17, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Give to the Emperor the things that belong to the Emperor and give to God the things that belong to God”. Coins at the time of Jesus were used to tell people various things – in this case the coin was likely to be telling the people which Emperor was currently in...
Oct 17, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
A wedding banquet – an exciting occasion. The people invited to this banquet would have been the rich and influential people of the area. Today an invitation would say: come on ……….. day and at ……………. Time. An invitation at the time of Jesus would not have had...
Oct 6, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
One of the commandments that God gave Moses and the Israelite people was to work for six days only and to rest on the seventh. I value having times of rest. That is rest from running around seeing people, being part of meetings and doing everything that needs to be...
Sep 28, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Water, such a precious resource in our dry land. Water, given freely for all to enjoy, essential for life. Exodus 17 tells of people equally desperate for water. It wasn’t that others had appropriated that which was given for all. They just didn’t know where their...
Sep 21, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS, Uncategorized
Since Covid-19 our lives have changed, they are more challenging, socially and spiritually. Thankfully, I have not heard of my church friends complaining strongly about these confronting circumstances, though some have expressed disappointment and anxiety, and the...
