Archive for November, 2008
Thanksgiving
Psalm 100; Colossians 3:15-17
Thankfulness is really a relative term. We use it so freely for all kinds of things. At school we even had to say thank you to the teacher who gave us cuts. Were we really thankful? No way. But we said it anyway because we had been commanded to. We did it [...]
Transformed by the Risen Jesus
Yesterday we looked at John 20 and marvelled at the power of the Risen Jesus to transform people. We saw how He took the disciples from :
Fear to Peace and Joy; and
Aimlessness to Mission
And we also saw how He took Thomas from:
Doubt to faith; and
Skepticism to Worship
We then realised that although Jesus gave the victory [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Jesus’ Legacy of Love
John 13:34-35 ; 15:9-17
Today we turn to the very practical outworking of obedience; because we go to what Jesus said is His new commandment to us. In other words, above every other command in the Bible, this is the blanket command that Jesus gives to every single believer. Love one another as I have loved you.
As [...]
Confirmation Service 2008
To check out more photos, follow the link to your right to Mark’s Facebook. He’s got an Album called Confirmation with more photos.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )That they may believe
John 11:1-44
Over the last three weeks we here at St. Luke’s have been investigating the gospel of John and we have used it’s theme of LIFE as a focal point of our study. We saw that Jesus explains eternal life in terms of a quality of life that we can live when we live out [...]
