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Here is my Good Friday sermon. I wrote and preached it for the glory of Jesus but also in memory of Bronwyn Chin (who convinced us to go into full time ministry 13 years ago and is now in glory) Thank you for finding this post and if you are looking for details for Bronwyn’s…
Read more Good Friday Sermon – in memory of Bronwyn Chin (who convinced us to go into ministry)
Monday and Tuesday’s REAP passages were Galatians 5 and 6! I thought that it would be helpful to reflect on those passages particularly as I want to address something I have seen around Christian circles and even my own SPCH. Before we get there, let me briefly explain what’s going on in the letter. A…
Read more Please stop burdening us with more rules and regulations!
We are currently reading through Ezekiel in REAP. The Book of Ezekiel is long, politically convoluted and sometimes exegetically obtuse! It is written by what some commentators have described as an “oddball” prophet, Ezekiel. However, Ezekiel is part of God’s word and for that, at the very least, Ezekiel’s voice demands to be heard today.…
Heritage has to do with what we have inherited from the past and also what is reserved for future generations. It’s what’s formed us in the past through our backgrounds and it’s the direction we have shaped ourselves for in the future. The word itself is easy enough to understand but the concept especially applied…
God’s plan for the world is not an iWorld, but rather he created us for an rWorld – relational world. The Bible points out that we’re made for relationships and we find our deepest satisfaction not when seeking self-fulfillment but when living and engaging in the full constellation of healthy human relationships that God has…
I’m writing this post 5 hours after the doctors had administered a paralysis drug into mother-in-law just minutes before they were to switch off her life support. Shocking, I know! However, 5 hours ago, I was writing a sermon and pondering the kind of sermon ought we be preaching to our church. The problem is that…
Read more What we ought to be preaching to a hurting and needy world
Today’s Old Testament REAP reading is fascinating because it is an interesting example of missing words in the bible. When you read 1 Samuel 13:1, you will notice from the footnotes and if you dig around textual criticism books, that there are some missing words. In the Hebrew Masoretic Text (the most original Hebrew text as…
I am writing this sitting inside the intesive care unit of Royal North Shore Hospital. Every time I come here, it’s different – especialy when one of your relatives have been admitted here. There are no machines that go “bing”. Instead there is the hissing of oxygen, the bustle of the medical staff, and the…
Today’s REAP reading included Psalm 90. It got me thinking because it spoke of fearing God in ways that often make us uncomfortable. We are used to a sterile and safe understanding of fearing God – almost akin only to awe and honour and reverence. However, in Psalm 90, fear had to do with God…
Taste and See that Jesus is good! 