Rev's Ramblings

Sun 17 Sep

If someone gave you your life back what would be your response to the giver? If someone donated their heart so you could live what would be your response? God gave the life of His Son, Jesus Christ, so we could live. If God in His mercy toward you gave you something you did not deserve, what would be your...

Sun 3 Sep

There are many mysteries out there. The "who dun it's" where we try and work out who did the crime. The mysteries of people who have disappeared. The mystery of where creation all began. The Bible has some mysteries. Proverbs speaks of the mystery of how a snake moves. We also have God's...

Sun 27 Aug

How do you tell whether one is a Christian?  That might sound like a fairly straightforward question.  Some might say look for the fruit of Spirit that the Holy Spirit is growing in their lives.  But then you might say that there are some extremely nice and good people out there are very...

Sun 20 Aug

Who would you give your life for? A mum or dad might say they would give their life to enable their child to live. They might act as a kidney donor to ensure their child lived. Would you do such a thing for a complete stranger? Would you give your life for someone who you didn't like or they didn't like...

Sun 13 Aug

The missionary who faithfully serves the Lord grapples with depression and sees him return home from the field. The parents of a still born look longingly at the lifeless child in their hands. The daughter of a loving Christian family overdoses on ICE. We could think of many other situations to these...

Sat 12 Aug

It seems like it was an eternity ago that the Commonwealth Games Committee announced that the Gold Coast would host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Some athletes who will compete will not have been born when the winning bid was announced. However, you can sense the dedication, the commitment, the sacrifice...

Sun 30 Jul

We live in a community where there are many different notions of how we might be more godly and right with God. For some religions, it is a matter of keeping to the rules and you will get there. For others it depends on what your previous life like. For some it does not matter because there is no God nor...

Sun 23 Jul

There are many struggles we face in life. What is a struggle for one is not so much of a struggle for another. For your situation, it might be the daily struggle of putting sufficient food on the table or being able to pay the electricity bill. Paul in Romans 7 confesses the struggle he faces on a daily...

Sun 16 Jul

Our Lord Jesus chooses to pray in a location where Judas will find him and so permits Judas to betray him, and so our Lord dies on the cross. For us too, sometimes prayer is about learning to accept God's will rather than God changing things to please us. Our Lord takes the three disciples who are the...

Sun 9 Jul

In Mark 14:27-31, the Lord Jesus tells His Twelve Disciples that He will be arrested by the Jewish leaders, and that when this happens they will run away. The story reminds us of the three thing that we need to know. First, the Lord speaks gently to His men about their coming failures. He tells them in...