This is the last in a number of talks drilling down into how people may engage with the real living active God. It is a reading of the story about Paul and a slave girl whom he delivered from an evil spirit as set out in Acts 16.16-31. Pauls actions lead to various subsequent developments…
Does God expect us to visit Him somewhere or does he want to move in and dwell within us? This is another message exploring how to engage the reality of God with reference to an earlier message about the extravagant response of Mary of Bethany when Jesus visited her home. She modelled passionate response to…
This message seeks to lead the willing further in engaging the reality of God. It builds on the message of 24 March and challenges some things that distract people from pressing into God as his Child.
This is the first in the follow series preached before Easter on Engaging the Reality of God designed to move us from talk to walk. There is a high quality audio recording but no PDF text for this. Provide yourself a space for prayer to follow this message.
On the 5th Sunday of Lent we meet Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus and friend of Jesus as Jesus came by for the last time on his way to Jerusalem and the cross. In this message Francis reviews the relationship among these people especially the opposite relational styles displayed by Mary and Martha. When…
On the fourth Sunday of Lent Francis brought the fourth message in the series ‘Engaging the Reality of God’ by trusting he accepts us as sinners.
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It’s the third week in Lent and it has been a traumatic time in the Netherlands, in New Zealand and elsewhere. The readings for this week seem very relevant for the week that was, that is until we hear Jesus speak. After reflecting on this Francis links back to the series theme of encountering God.
On the second Sunday of Lent Francis considered Abraham as a model for getting to know God. This is the second consideration of how God may become real beyond words and images.
This message begins a series of talks on Knowing God that will run through to Pentecost. On Transfiguration Sunday Francis brought out what the set readings show about knowing God and the ways people can avoid actually knowing him.