Growing Together in 2024 pt 1: Healthy or Rotten Words
In January we’re doing what Hebrews 10:24 asks us to do… we’re thinking about how we can provoke each other to love and good works. What an awesome privilege and responsibility – to be sent...
Objections to the Virgin Birth… and how they can build our faith and worship!
The virgin birth is sung about and spoken about a lot at Christmas, but does anyone believe that stuff anymore? It seems to defy belief, and the reasons for the story to have been invented...
Joy to the World: How Jesus makes life Better
Many of our Christmas Carols do a great job of celebrating deep truths of Scripture. The song “Joy to the World” is no exception! We look at some phrases from verse 3 that describe how...
Jesus the Rabbi pt 3: The Easy Yoke
In Matthew 11 Jesus makes a little statement that many Christians today find great comfort and hope in. For His first hearers, it was explosive! Even today, Jewish Rabbis continue to refine the “Yoke of...
Jesus the Rabbi pt 2: Jesus Calls Disciples
Not only was Jesus’ path to becoming a Rabbi not the usual way things were done, but the way He called and trained disciples collided with some strongly held customs too! In this message we...
Jesus the Rabbi pt 1: The Path
This is the first message in a series exploring what meant for Jesus to be a Jewish Rabbi in the first century. As we get to know the path to becoming a Rabbi we’ll get...
Hearing God’s Voice
After reading “With You All The Way” by Max Lucado, we take some time to think further about what it means to clearly hear God’s voice guiding us in our journey through life by exploring...
A Christian Response to the Voice
In this message Mike does not argue that either a “yes” or “no” vote to the referendum question can claim to be the “Christian” response. Instead, we are urged to consider the clear teaching of...
The Task and Team of Fatherhood
Ephesians 6:4 has a concise challenge to Fathers: don’t exasperate your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. This is the essential task of fathers… but not just of...
Stewardship of Treasures
Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount powerfully challenges us to choose our Master. We’ll either serve God or money (which basically means the stuff of this world). For those with faith to see,...