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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…

Just Thinking… The wind howled past the tent ropes like a banshee, setting teeth on edge and tent flaps flapping. The wind had been constant for the last two days, and like a water tap left running, it began to wear away at one’s soul. There were 30 young people with me. We had trekked…

Just Thinking… The thimble is dead. Long live the thimble. So is the boot. So is the wheelbarrow. Those three Monopoly tokens which have been around forever (the thimble and boot from 1935!) have finally succumbed to the ongoing march of progress, and will soon be replaced by commercial-themed tokens. One Monopoly traditionalist said in…

Just Thinking… A looking back and a looking forward. Firstly, thank-you to all who, either through your prayers or through your contributions, helped shape our sharing service last Sunday. A number of people commented to me afterwards saying they were so encouraged by what was shared, and equally delighted by the number of different voices…