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...
May 8, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Psalm 23 is a reminder that God is always with us, providing for our needs, guiding us, and protecting us. We can find comfort and reassurance in His words. When we face challenges, we can remember that God is our shepherd and that He will never leave us or forsake...
May 1, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
After the terror and desolation of his crucifixion and the totally unexpected joy and wonder of his resurrection, Jesus’ small band of followers seek their way ahead. As their courage and confidence return, Jesus appears to them at various times and places, helping...
Apr 16, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Day without hope This is the black day that some of us want to leave as quickly as we can and head for the white, light joy of Easter morning. And, I suspect that some amongst us enjoy the blackness of the Friday pain because that is how we experience life for the...
Apr 10, 2025 | EXPLORING THE BIBLE, NEWS
Jesus, born without sin, lived a sinless life and was crucified on a cross to pay the penalty for the sin of the whole world. The final week of his life recounts the suffering He went through, starting from Palm Sunday. On that day, at God’s appointed time, He...
