When Zechariah heard the amazing news that he would become a parent he didn’t say, “I don’t believe it!” with a kind of “I do believe it, but I find it really amazing” but “I really don’t believe the words of the angel Gabriel.” In fact, he didn’t believe the words of God to him! […]

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Continuing our 5 part series on Making Disciples, we consider ‘How to make disciples.’ The question really is: By what method or means is God rescuing and gathering his people into the kingdom of God? We discover that there is no one size fits all method – no silver bullet to ensure that people are […]

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Luke 18:18-30 Why do you call me good?

The idea of changing the camel to a rope or the eye of a needle to a small door is to create the impression that you can gain eternal life if you simply pack light. Instead of having a big caravan connected to the Toyota land cruiser, you have a small trailer attached to a […]

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Luke 13:1-9 The Patient Gardener

How do people who are responsible for so much tragedy and evil get away with it? We can well imagine those who came up to Jesus that day, telling him this story about the blood Pontius Pilate had spilled in keeping a lid on dissension against Roman Rule in Jerusalem wanting Jesus to condemn Pilate […]

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Our eternal destination has nothing to do with the size of the funeral! The destinations have nothing to do with how many people turn up for the service or even what is said at the funeral. The destinations do not hinge or wealth or status, on the amount of family and friends that you have. […]

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What this man’s actions shows us is that without God man is never content. Without God man is very much alone. If every person has a God shaped vacuum in their lives then the rich fool is attempting to fill it with things and sadly he will leave those things behind. This rich fool planned […]

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