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The enemy you need

The enemy you need

It feels bad to be disliked, but this exactly what Christians are largely lacking today. I once ran into an old Christian friend who I hadn’t seen for some years. He soon told me he was suffering grief from being betrayed by a couple of co-workers who had been as close to him as his own children..

  • The challenge of being ‘one body’

     It’s clear that the Bible tell us that Christians are to be ‘one body’ with Christ being our ‘head’. Yet, being one body doesn’t mean that we are of ‘one mind’ and everyone knows that friction within the local church community is not uncommon.

  • The Journey to Living in Freedom 

    In the church there isn’t a lot of conversation around lust, pornography and masturbation. It’s one of those awkward topics but it's something that many men and women struggle with. This is definitely something that’s not easy for me to talk about either, but it needs to be.

  • What to watch on TV 

    Recently I had to give a message at youth about ‘Sanctification’.  We are currently working our way through the ‘big words of the Bible’ and so far we have done the Trinity, Justification, Regeneration, Adoption and then my message on Sanctification.

  • Responding to the Call of God

    Wow, I can't believe that we are now at the end of another year. What an incredible year it has been. So many lives changed, souls saved, and miracles happening all across New Zealand. It is so exciting to be part of building God's Kingdom on the earth.

  • Can you really have church online?

    I recently started a Facebook group for the people in my city, called Pray for Ipswich. The idea came during a small prayer meeting, to create an online community with the goal of bringing local Christians and churches together.

  • Growth

    I’m what you might call, the accidental green thumb!

  • A Small, Local Church

    I have only ever attended one church throughout my entire time on earth. Church on the bay or ‘COB’ as it is colloquially known is a simple, small, local church. Situated about two minutes from my house, I have spent the last twenty years making the short journey to attend the weekly morning services.

  • The hard truths in the Bible

    The first time I read the Bible from cover to cover, I struggled. It was not time or commitment that was the issue. I wrestled with reconciling the God of the Old Testament with the God of the New Testament.

  • An Australian, an American and a Brit went on a holiday . . .

    ‘Weren’t you worried about the lake creatures?’, my colleague asked after hearing about my recent trip north. My laugh gave way to an awkward silence as I paused and had the slightly desperate thought, ‘should I have worried about the lake creatures?’ 

  • Santa’s list: nice or nice enough?

    He’s making a list. Checking it twice. Gonna find out who’s naughty or nice …

  • Remembered - Pearl Harbour

    Eight years ago my wife and I visited Pearl Harbour and taken on a tour recalling that fateful morning of 7 December 1941 when Japanese carrier borne high level bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter military aircraft attached the base without warning.