August 31st, 2008
Every now and then as Christians we use the term Body of Christ. For those who are not sure what this means I thought I would share briefly what that means. The term Body of Christ is used in three main ways in the Bible.
The body of Christ refers to Christ’s actual physical body ie [...]
August 29th, 2008
Sometimes as Christians we expect people to be at church every week. We reason that if they are not there each week and they do not go to all the meetings, then they must not really be committed to God.
What I have found though is that some people, including some Christians, really struggle with a [...]
August 26th, 2008
One of the things I try to do as a part of my daily prayer time is to give thanks to God for the good things in my life. I am so thankful for my family, my home, our life, my salvation and the work God has called me to.
One thing I am especially thankful [...]
August 24th, 2008
A friend asked me what my favourite Bible was recently. This was a hard question as I have a number of Bibles that I use for different things and some of them have been bought at different parts of my journey of faith.
My first favourite Bible was a hard cover Good News Study Bible I [...]
August 22nd, 2008
Over the years I have had a number of people come to me when they are going through a difficult time. While I am not a trained counselor, there are certain things that I have found I can do just by being there and listening. It is interesting that how most people who have come [...]
August 18th, 2008
In my Pastoral Care unit we looked at some examples of good and bad shepherds this week. In Ezekiel 34 it gives us a guide to what good and bad pastoral care is.
Ezekiel was told to prophesy against the shepherds of Israel that are taking care of themselves and not the people. Ezekiel 34:1-5 are [...]
August 16th, 2008
One thing I have noticed since moving to the WA wheatbelt is the number of committed Christians I have met that don’t attend church regularly.
Up until the last few years I probably would have said that it was not possible to be a committed Christian and not go to church in some form (traditional or [...]
