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This Sunday…From Abraham to the Messiah Bible readings: Gen 12:1-3, Gen 15:1-6: We look at how God brought light into the world through one man, through a people and then to the world. Then why, even after Jesus, the disciples constantly referred back to their Jewish past as they shared the Good News about the Messiah. How…

January SpeakersCheck out the awesome range of speakers we have coming up at our Sunday morning services over January! Sunday 27 December – Murray Jenkins Sunday 3 January – David Lindsay Sunday 10 January – Murray Jenkins Sunday 17 January – Paul Ungemuth Kids Programmes In JanuaryKids Church has finished for the year and will…

Just thinking…What is the biggest problem people have at Christmas time? You might think it’s finding a car park or having to brave Auckland traffic to secure that last elusive gift. Or possibly getting the Christmas Day trifle just right for the Christmas Day lunch? Actually, the Bible says the biggest problem people have at…

Just thinking…You may have guessed that I’m journeying through advent using some devotions written by author and pastor, John Piper. Here’s another of his reflections which are worth dwelling on! When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. —Matthew 2:3. Jesus is troubling to people who do not want to worship him, and…

Just thinking…It seems to me that pressure can either drive things apart or drive things together. The difference is often found in the orientation of two objects to each other before the pressure is applied. A child tragically dies in a family or a husband loses his job. How does this affect the marriage? So…

Just thinking…How we view risk in living is so important. Life, of course, is full of risk, but so often we perceive risk as an active thing. By that I mean, we tend to unconsciously attach risk to actions, steps or initiatives that we might take. Perhaps we have been trained into this from the…

Just thinking…One of the clearest ways of getting a sense of someone’s character is seeing how they handle defeat and failure. You won’t see character accurately in moments of victory or even in moments of settledness. Failure exposes our hidden motivations and secret insecurities. Defeat shines the spotlight on our values and who we truly…

Just thinking…One of the interesting effects of the covid-19 pandemic this year is that it has introduced into our vocabulary a new palette of words and phrases that we now use in everyday life. After all, who ever said in 2019 that they were conscious of their ‘social distancing’? Another is the word ‘bubble’. We all…

Just thinking…The young people asked some profound questions in church a couple of weeks ago about suffering. I was once asked a similar question by a woman called Michelle. Here is part of a letter I wrote to her outlining my thoughts on this weighty issue. Suffering is caused by sin and its consequences (either…

Just thinking…Some sobering thoughts: More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread users. Fully half of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardised tests. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably…