Rev's Ramblings

Sun 5 Mar

There are times as we walk with the Lord that God will ask us to do some crazy foolish things. Perhaps you can think of some foolish actions straightaway. As we look at chapters five and six we see God asking Joshua to do some foolish things. While we look at the walls of Jericho fall, did they fall...

Sun 26 Feb

What does it mean to walk by faith? We might say we walk by faith but what does such a walk look like? Should we pick up the faith chapter of Hebrews 11. “By Faith” is a repeated phrase. “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” In Joshua 3 we have an...

Sun 19 Feb

If we do not know much about the Book of Joshua then pause and read the second chapter. As we read it we have to look at the implication of when and whether a Christian should lie. The automatic response would be that of course we should not lie. How then do we condone what God says of Rahab when she...

Sun 12 Feb

There were many death notices through out the year that it appeared every week someone well known was called into eternity. The most notable death headline consisted of four words. “The Queen Is Dead!” Even though the world was expecting the headline, when death did come, it still came as shock. It was as...

Sun 18 Dec

One is tempted to ask why a genealogy at Christmas time? One could easily ask why do people give gifts at Christmas? Why do people have parties and meals together at Christmas? Why do families get together? Why is it that even non-Christian people celebrate Christmas even if it is just symbolically giving...

Sun 11 Dec

When travelling around the countryside to visit people on farms one of the unwritten rules that you obey is to leave the gates as you find them. If the gate is shut then you make sure you shut it after you have gone through. Or if it is open you leave it open. The reason for leaving gates as you find...

Sun 4 Dec

We make judgement calls everyday. You have already made several judgements this morning. Whether you would come to church? What clothes you will wear? Where you will sit? Jesus said, “Do not judge”. How is this possible when we make judgement calls all the time, whether we are at home, or at work or...

Sun 27 Nov

Worry – that which disturbs our peace, our tranquility, our mind. There are many things we worry about or become anxious over. Do we worry about the future? Do we worry over our children walking a way from Christ? Do we worry about having sufficient finances to pay the mortgage? Do we worry having...

Sun 20 Nov

Do we have too much stuff? Some would say we do? Others would say we don’t? others might say, you never know when you might need it. About a year before we moved from Inverell to Werribee, there was a fire bug going around the town setting cars on fire. We lost both our cars to the fire bug. It did...

Sun 13 Nov

One could easily state that Jesus is doing His best to deter people from following Him as He gives a series of instructions in what we call the Sermon on the Mount. Such instructions challenge would be followers to check their attitude and defines how the commandments are to be obeyed. In verses 1-18...