Over the years I have learned a few things that have helped me in my Bible reading. Today I thought I would share a few of them. 1. Pray first – I always ask God to help me understand what I am reading and that He will speak to me through it. I also ask [...]

A question that I have been reflecting on lately is “When is my church, my church?” By this I mean when can we call the church we go to “my church”. And how often do we have to go to qualify it as our church? Do we have to go to every service? Is a [...]

I was just reading about the scientists who are trying to re-create the “big bang” that supposedly created the universe on the ABC News website. Do you think someone should send them an email to tell them that God created the universe and there was no big bang…or should we just leave them to it? [...]

I was doing some background reading for another assignment this morning and I came across and few paragraphs from Paul Little in his book “Know what you believe” (pages 78-79). The passage talks about being filled with the Spirit. I thought I would share them on my blog as I found them to be quite [...]

This semester I have been doing a unit called Pastoral Care. It has been really good to take this time to reflect on what pastoral care is and also the role a Pastor plays in the church. In one of our recent lecturers we looked at some statistics from a recent church life survey. Pastors [...]

Happy Father’s Day to all those dad’s out there. If you are a dad, I hope your day goes well and you have all your kids around you at some stage today. I am planning a nice easy day at home with my wife and kids. I am a pretty simple guy so a few [...]

I came across this “alternate” version of the 23rd Psalm the other day. I think it is the one for people who are too busy. The real version is below it. Have a read of them both and see which one you relate to. Psalm 23 (busy version) The Lord is my Foreman, I shall [...]