In this final episode of Season 3, we hear from a student as he reflects on the question, "Why am I still a Christian?" Recently at UWA we had a blokes night, where students came along to hang out and spend time together, and three students shared a short reflection on why they are still… Continue reading S3E10 – Why Am I Still A Christian?
Tag: God
God Doesn’t Care If You ‘Feel Called’ Or Not
This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. The language of 'feeling called' seems to be ubiquitous in Christian circles. "I really feel called to say this..."; "I've just never really felt called to missions"; "Ever since that point I've just really felt called into the ministry." Why do we talk like that? The language of 'feeling… Continue reading God Doesn’t Care If You ‘Feel Called’ Or Not
An Exciting Start For a New 6:30pm Service
Last Sunday, we kicked off the beginnings of a new 6:30pm church service. I wrote a short post about it on the church blog, and thought I'd copy it here too. Enjoy. Last night, a group of people gathered together in the St. Matt's building at 6:30pm. In many ways it looked rather un-extraordinary –… Continue reading An Exciting Start For a New 6:30pm Service
Why Jesus Being the ‘Son of God’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Means
Since we're in the season of Advent, now is a great time to be thinking about Jesus – who he is, why he came, and all that good stuff. So for this post I want to think about a term that seems to be the source of a lot of confusion for us as we… Continue reading Why Jesus Being the ‘Son of God’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think it Means
The Full Armour of God
Ephesians 6 is a familiar passage, a memorable section of Scripture that encourages us to put on righteousness, truth, faith, and salvation as if they were clothing, so that we will be prepared for the Christian life. There's much to be gained from looking at this passage and thinking about how these different things –… Continue reading The Full Armour of God
To Desire God
I've just started reading a book called Desiring God, a book by John Piper. It's a book that I've been looking forward to reading for a long time, and it's been sitting on my bookshelf for a while. Much of my theology has been shaped by Piper – mostly through his sermons – and a… Continue reading To Desire God
Our True Father
Last Sunday I preached on Ephesians 3:14-21, an eye-opening passage that gives us a window into Paul's prayer for the Ephesians (you can listen to the sermon here). There is one really important phrase in the passage that I didn't have time to look at: "For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every… Continue reading Our True Father
What will we do in Heaven?
Heaven is a bit of a mysterious thing. We're told Christians will be spending the rest of eternity there – that's a lot of time. So, naturally, people want to know what it's going to be like. How are we going to spend our time for those unending billions of years?You often hear questions like… Continue reading What will we do in Heaven?
God’s Dwelling Place
There are a bunch of times in the New Testament where we are told that as Christians we are together the temple of God, the place where His Spirit lives (1 Cor 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 2:22; 1 Peter 2:5). I think that the weight of these statements are sometimes lost on us,… Continue reading God’s Dwelling Place
God’s Amazing Grace
Last Sunday I preached my first sermon since graduating Bible College, on Ephesians 2:1-10. It is an amazing passage about God's grace, and there are a lot of deep truths in those ten short verses, so it was hard to keep the sermon down to 20 minutes. For this post, I want to dig just a… Continue reading God’s Amazing Grace