Monday, July 30, 2018

Panelled Houses and a ruined Temple: Renewal of Community focus in Haggai 1

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In the Church today we may wrestle a bit with Habakkuk, be challenged a bit by Jonah even though we find parts of it a fishy, dust o...
Thursday, July 26, 2018

Reflections on Finishing well from Paul's Final Remarks in 2 Timothy 4:6-22.

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Are you a destination person?  or a journey person? Are you all about getting there: achieving the goal or “the getting there”: all abo...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

God's grace in history now and as a hope for tomorrow: A Prayer of Thanksgiving and Confession

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A reminder of God's promise from my kitchen window  Loving God, We come before you this morning to acknowledge your great lov...
Wednesday, July 11, 2018

A short devotion on 2 Timothy 4:22 for a gathering of ministers and elders.

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a couple of ordinary ducks are joined by a royal spoonbill a majestic and wonderful bird. Just as we are joined as we move through our li...
Monday, July 9, 2018

1 Corinthians 13 In A Time Of Grief

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This was originally a sermon for a funeral where the family chose 1 Corinthians 13 as the reading.  I've made it gender neutral and t...

The Word of God in a world of seasons (2 Tinothy 4:1-6)

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We live in a world of seasons.  Earths seasons We are in the middle of Winter now … You can tell because when we get together conversati...
Monday, July 2, 2018

Standing on the Word of God: the world of God in a world of woe (2 Timothy 3:10-17)

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Kris and I had been married for about a year and living in Tauranga and a local Presbyterian Church was looking for an assistant ministe...