Teaching

DECISIONS, DECISIONS, DECISIONS

(April 11, 2025) Brian Bell shares encouragingly on an important issue…

This short meditation is drawn from my reading of Deuteronomy 1:17NLT—

‘When you make decisions, never favour those who are rich; be fair to lowly and great alike. Don’t be afraid of how they will react, for you are judging in the place of God…’

These words of counsel were spoken by Moses to men who had been appointed as leaders to help him lead the children of Israel. In verse 13 we’re told they had been chosen by the people because of their—

  • Wisdom.
  • Understanding.
  • Good reputation.
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ALL HAIL KING JESUS!

(April 05, 2025) Dr Jim McClure shares compassionately…

Palm Sunday is celebrated throughout the church as the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey to the cheers of the crowds who received Him as a king.

It was Passover time and Jerusalem was crowded with likely hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who had travelled there to celebrate this annual event.

The first Palm Sunday was the beginning of an exceptional week in Jesus’ life that began with celebration and ended with crucifixion.

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EASTER— NO UNFINISHED WORK BY JESUS!

(March 04, 2025) Dr Richard Winter shares some great Easter points…

Alexander the Great once found his philosopher friend Diogenes standing in a field, looking intently at a large pile of bones.

Asked what he was doing, the old man turned to Alexander and replied, ‘I am searching for the bones of your father Philip, but I cannot seem to distinguish them from the bones of the slaves.’ 

Alexander got the point! Everyone is equal in death. From the greatest to the least, from the most beautiful to the most ordinary, death is the universal equaliser. And it can happen unexpectedly— indeed at any time!

Jesus’ death, reverenced again this April 2025 Easter, was—

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COMFORTING OTHERS, GLORIFYING GOD!

(March 12, 2025) Dr Richard Winter shares encouragingly…

Some of you may remember Art Linkletter hosting Kids Say the Darndest Things TV program. It had excerpts of kids sharing experiences on different issues one of which was prayer.

For instance, a little girl talking to God prayed, ‘Dear God, thanks for my little brother. But what I prayed for was a puppy.’ How’s that for an honest prayer.

A little boy prayed, ‘Hey God, could you just stick another holiday between Christmas and Easter because nothing is good there right now.’ Kids can live for holidays, can’t they?

Kids grow up and their prayers become much more profound! Adults who don’t believe in God often struggle with the question: ‘How can an all-loving, all-powerful God allow evil and suffering to exist?’

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TIME TRAVEL

(March 03, 2025) Dr Jim McClure shares— and challenges…

Sixty-two years ago Dr Who stepped out of a telephone kiosk that was actually a fictional time machine called Tardis.  Since then multiple episodes of the science-fiction TV series have been broadcast with many different characters portraying Dr Who.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to travel through time?  There are no time-travel machines in existence so we have no opportunity to take a trip 100 years into the future or 1000 years into the past, however we are all actually ‘time-travellers’! 

In fact, we are travelling through time right now! From one day to the next we travel through time! From one Christmas to the next we travel through time!

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PRAYERS— FOUR ESSENTIAL ATTITUDES!

(February 17, 2025) Dr Richard Winter, having shared great points on prayer last month, shares more…

I heard a story about a young girl who wrote a prayer letter to a missionary. She was trying to lend her support to him. But, evidently, she’d been told not to request a response because the missionaries were very busy and her letter began— ‘Dear Mr Missionary, we’re praying for you. But we’re not expecting an answer.’

What she wrote summarises the prayer life of most Christians! We do a lot of praying… but we don’t expect an answer.

We need  to look at four attitudes we must have when praying to our God— all based on the little word ‘willing.’ Small word maybe, but huge in meaning! Dictionaries explain that it’s an active word indicating that one is happy to do something if it’s needed eg ‘A willing person does their work energetically and enthusiastally.’ Such attitude and action is regarded as approved… it’s a settled way of thinking about something.

Let’s look then at the willingness that you must have when praying to our God. You must be willing to let Him answer according to His own—

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NAHUM AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

(January 24, 2025) Dr Jim McClure shares a timely challenge from history…

We’re living in a time of great political upheaval, international hostility, social division and moral confusion! Sometimes it’s hard to watch television news for so many reports are about violence and bloodshed and protestors chanting threatening slogans. In fact, to a greater or lesser degree this has always been a significant part of our world’s sad history.

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FAITHFUL MINISTRY IS NEVER WASTED!

(January 10, 2025) Brian Bell reflects, shares… and encourages—

I’d like to share some thoughts relative to faithfully serving God and witnessing as a whole, and in doing so honour a friend who was a spirited follower of Christ whose example influenced others —

In my late teens I spent some summer weeks serving with a Beach Mission Team in the UK. Each day concluded with an evening open-air witness with some team members singing, others testifying, and the leader sharing a gospel message.

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DARE TO BE IN THE POTTER’S HANDS IN 2025!

(January 08, 2025) Dr Richard Winter challengingly encourages…

So it’s 2025— a year that’ll be full of opportunity!

But… even now in some people’s minds there’s the question of ‘What will this new year bring? I failed so much last year.’ And… some people, even Christians, have already begun this new year full of regret regarding last year!

Is that you? Had bad experiences in 2024… earlier? Let’s remember that despite past failures God cares for us, wants the best for us, bless and use us!

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MARY’S MAGNIFICENT MAGNIFICAT

December 18, 2024) Dr Richard Winter shares and challenges…

Why I love the Virgin Mary is a sermon I have preached before, raising some quizzical eyebrows! For example, someone asked me, ‘Is this Catholic theology.’

One time when I mentioned I loved the Virgin Mary to a friend who was training to be a Catholic priest it made him smile. But I added that I don’t pray to her, neither do I think of Mary as a co-redemptionist with Jesus. His eyes opened wide when I explained that I think of Mary as a wonderful example of a faithful servant of God.

Mary’s Magnificat
Ever heard this term?

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