While reflecting on the tragedy of exile in Babylon Isaiah took Israel to task and upgraded her vision on who her Lord was. Fast forward to today and this provided the deep foundation for science as we know it today. Improbable? Read on or listen to Francis on audio.
Mark Hill unmuted his microphone to present a Trinity Sunday message which held the week that was, the beauty of the doctrine and three points of application beginning with ‘H’ all together. The full audio is available with a PDF of the slides that Mark referred to. Enjoy!
In Resurrection Time Jesus appeared to his disciples. So how might we see the Lord? In this message Francis opens the readings for Easter 6 to hear what Paul says about where not to look and Jesus promises to be found. The pictures referred to on the audio may be seen in the PDF.
Why should we live to please God? Why be obedient to the Biblical instructions for living? In the midst of the COVID19 situation we are obeying the Government’s instructions for living. Barbara explores how obeying God, pleasing God who is love, is so much more.
Through the church year to date, the full gospel has been told and celebrated from Advent to Pentecost. So on the Sunday after Pentecost, known as ‘Trinity Sunday’, we contemplate the being of God. The sermon this day celebrates God as the relational Three-in-One who Jesus represented and spoke of. We view God in relational…
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…
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.