Life and Faith

Tag: Love

  • Conduct Reflects The Gospel

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    We know when people work together in unity much can be achieved. There is a bond together, there is a goal to achieve, there is progress made, sometimes quite rapidly, when people are united. We may have experienced this before ourselves when working with others on a particular task, on a particular project, or toward…

  • Psalm 103: Dwell On The Lord

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    In recent months there have been numerous articles suggesting more Australians have been thinking about aspects of faith and spirituality. COVID seems to have had an impact, not only in the way we think about health and operate as such, but also in matters of faith, priorities in life, and the dwelling on eternity. Something…

  • Christ In A Curfew

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    Our city has now been under a curfew for a week. What an amazing sentence to write. I’ve always figured that to be under curfew would mean I was living in a country under martial law or something similar; where there would be the threat of violence and war. Even living in the Middle East…

  • The Quarantine Quiet Life

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    I doubt any of us who aspired to achieve a quieter and more peaceful life in 2020 thought this was the way to go about it. Sure, in my case, less children’s birthday parties, less meetings, and more time with family were all good things to aspire to. But at the sake of people contracting…

  • God’s Love Expressed: Through Our Love For One-Another

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    In the passage 1 John 4:7-21 the beginning and the end command us to love one-another. It’s like a love one-another sandwich. In v7-8 it reads, “Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not…

  • God’s Love Expressed: Through The Cross

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    In our house princess stories and movies are high on the agenda. Over the last few years the movie Frozen has been a regular viewing experience. You may know the story yourself. We sit on the couch and watch the journey of Elsa and Anna, both princesses of the royal family trapped within the walls…

  • Published: Easter Reflection – Cleaning Feet

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    A little reflection piece I wrote about Easter was just published on the TGCA site. You can find it here. “Through his death on the cross Jesus has not just given us a symbol of humility and service but has acted in humility and service toward us. Jesus’ death provides us with the cleanliness we need.…

  • Published: Hope In Distress

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    At the last minute I was tasked with preaching on Sunday. After contemplating what I should speak on, and not finding peace about any of my previous sermons, I landed on Psalm 142. This Psalm certainly spoke to me in the context of the last week–Christchurch and Cardinals, disaster and religious war. In the end…

  • Day 12 – You Are Made For Good Works

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    “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at…

  • Day 6 – You Are Loved

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    “God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:9-10) In recent weeks Ed…