Jun 25, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Thinking of the Apostle Paul, I find I regard him in similar terms as Sir Winston Churchill’s description of Russia: “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. On the one hand, Paul provides us with such wonderfully insightful statements as his hymn to love in...
Jun 16, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
I’m often uncomfortable attending services on the Sunday marking the anniversary of the inauguration of the UCA. I often find them laden with an unhelpful sense of “God, we thank you that we are not like other churches …” (see Luke 18:11). I believe the lesson from...
Jun 4, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
The link between the lesson from Genesis (the Tower of Babel) and the lesson from Acts (the first Christian Pentecost) should be obvious. The Acts lesson is a mirror image of the Genesis lesson. With the old story from the Hebrew Dreaming about the Tower of Babel, we...
May 28, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
In Australia and in some other countries of the Southern Hemisphere, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins on this Sunday immediately before Pentecost. Our lesson from John’s gospel speaks of Jesus’ prayer for his disciples, for later generations of his...
May 21, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Those who love Jesus will keep his commandments. The words Jesus speaks come from his Father (God) who sent him. After he leaves this earth, God will send the Holy Spirit to remind his disciples of everything Jesus has told them. Jesus grants peace to those who follow...
May 15, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
With Judas’ betrayal, Jesus sees the stark reality of his final journey. He declares that both he and God will be glorified by his death. We have slowly come to understand that this glory reflects God’s true nature of sacrificial love revealed through his Son. Jesus...
