An Alive Organisation Someone walked up to a pastor and sarcastically asked him “What’s it like to belong to a dying organisation?” With a twinkle in his eye the pastor replied “I don’t know. I’ve never belonged to one.” The Western world’s perception is that the church is dying. Is this a right perception? Born
Grow With God Ipswich is a growing city. The figures have been well publicised – an expected 224% increase in the number of households within the city and a population that will more than double from the current 170,000 to 435,000 over the next 21 years. God has strategically placed us in Ipswich at this
Poured Out ‘Joseph of Arimathea was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy five pounds. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs’ John
Different And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins’ 1 Cor 15:17 It’s strange to think how many people deny and dismiss any thought of Jesus’ resurrection because “that would make Christianity different from all the other faiths.” That’s just the point. Christianity is different from
The Frog that Survived Two frogs fell into a can of cream. Or so it has been told. The sides of the can were shiny and steep, the cream was deep and cold. “Oh what’s the use” said number one. “It’s plain no help’s around. Goodbye my friend, goodbye cruel world” And weeping still he
The Warning The following is an actual account of what happened on the bridge of an American battleship in thick fog at night. “Light bearing on the starboard bow” called the man on lookout. “Is it steady or moving astern?” the captain barked back. “Steady captain” which meant the ship was on a collision course.
Seeing the Fragment The story is told of an old Chinese man who lived in a tiny village with his son. He was extremely poor but owned a beautiful white horse. No matter how much he was offered, he refused to part with it. One day the horse disappeared. The village people jeered at the
Whose Values? Imagine you woke up tomorrow morning and decided to open a coffee shop. This won’t be just another coffee shop. You know exactly what you want to see happen. You want great décor, quick and efficient service and quality products that will have the customers coming back for more and more. You start
Our Older Years The pastor of a sizeable Brisbane church was taking a leadership meeting. The topic was not divorce but it somehow came into the message. He paused for a moment and then asked the group of leaders before him, “How many here feel divorce is never justified?” A group of hands went up.
Believe In very practical terms, what did you actually do to become a Christian? The simple answer is that you personally believed a message. The message was the gospel and it was presented as a series of statements that you were told were true. It may have included the following: · There is a God
