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...
Sep 14, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
The telling of the Israelites escape from the pursuing army of the Egyptians is a very theatrical one indeed. The most dramatically astonishing part is, no doubt, the ‘parting of the Red Sea’, following Moses’ confidence and obedience to God, which not only enables...
Sep 6, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Turning the world upside down “This day shall be a day of remembrance for you” (Ex 12:14). It was a day to remember that most holy journey of the Jewish people from slavery under the Egyptians to freedom. A freedom that for a long time did not look at all like they...
Aug 31, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
From the time when Jesus was recognized by the disciples as the Messiah, he began to prepare them for his future and theirs. It was not a life of triumph and power which he presented to them. It was about suffering and death, about decisions to walk towards those...
Aug 23, 2023 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
In every moment of life, the question hovers over us or confronts us as we make our decisions – “Who is this Jesus? It is not, of course, as simple as saying, “This is our God”. In every age, the church has struggled to name its God. Is this God one who stands at the...
