Author: Richard

Just Thinking… The Heart of the Matter Do you have an alarm system at home? Mine was tested this week….inadvertently… and it works! Which is good as it protects all our stuff… but spooks the cats! But does it guard what really matters? Proverb 4:23 says “Above all else, protect your heart”. A devotional I…

Just Thinking… We’ve all read the articles; we’ve all see the images. I read one just this week; yet another international preacher who claims he can summon angels, walk on air and cure cancer, and who happens to have accrued nearly $200 million from the bank accounts of the thousands of people who adore him….

Just Thinking… Stephen Hawking was a fascinating bloke with a personality that was bigger than his diminutive and broken body – the world-famous theoretical physicist lived for years with a slowly advancing motor neurone disease which left him bound in a wheelchair speaking through a voice-generating device. I still remember reading his ‘A Brief History…

Just Thinking… What a great time it was last weekend at GROW Camp! I have received so much positive comment about it, along with the question, ‘When can we do it again?’ My thanks to everyone who contributed their time, energy and money to make it a success. There will be the chance given this…

Just Thinking… We are talking about Growth this weekend. I came across a poem that strangely fits the occasion. I hope you appreciate it. The tree that never had to fight For sun and sky and air and light, That stood out in the open plain And always got its share of rain, Never became…

Just Thinking… Billy Graham was known as America’s pastor, but his influence was so much more than that. Yes, he prayed with every president from Truman to Obama, but he also preached in 185 countries and to 215 million people, not to mention the enormous numbers touched by his recordings and literature. Those who came…

Just Thinking… Back in the days of yore when predictive texting on cell phones was still a hit-and-miss thing and Siri did not understand your every spoken word, a whole new language was born – Text Language! Back even further than that, God gave his people some instructions to live by which has been come…

Just Thinking… One of the annual surveys that I always look forward to with interest is the New Zealand Trust Survey, which surveys what are the most and least trusted brands. The 2016 survey indicates that a Kiwi day basking in the warm ambiance of optimal trust would start with Sanitarium and Vogels and end…

Just Thinking… I have often thought that we often don’t realise the power of God and his gospel to change lives because we simply don’t see it enough. We become so sheltered in a Christian world and so disengaged from brokenness that we forget the amazing change that God can bring about in a person’s…

Just Thinking… Last week, we communicated in the service the vision for our church that we believe Jesus gave to us as we prayed for his leading. By way of review, this is what was shared. We believe the Lord’s vision for RBC is that we Glow, Grow and Go. God is calling us to…