Rev's Ramblings

Sun 14 Mar

On several occasions Jesus made certain predictions that came true. Jesus predicted His betrayal. Jesus predicted the mocking He would receive. Jesus predicted his death by crucifixion. Jesus predicted He would rise from the dead. Jesus predicted all these events would take place at Jerusalem. Jesus...

Sun 7 Mar

Jesus loved to tell yarns, or we would know them as parables. The parable or yarn usually had a hidden meaning in the story. Sometimes it was quite easy to work out what the point was that Jesus was trying to get across to His listeners. Other times the disciples had to admit defeat and humbly come to...

Sun 28 Feb

Jesus had many encounters with people that came across His path during His 30 plus years here on planet Earth. Some of those encounters involved people who needed physical healing. Some were under demonic attack. Still others sought Jesus out for wisdom for living.The latter is what we encounter this...

Sun 21 Feb

As we once again plunge into Matthew’s gospel we see two very different responses to children.  Jesus’ own disciples apparently had little time for the children being brought to Him.  Although they were passionate about ministry they drew the line with ministering to children.  May be they...

Sun 14 Feb

 It does not take us long to realize that marriage is under severe attack. We may not like statistics, but they tell us that four out of every ten marriages eventually fail. Now, for some they may think that those numbers are pretty good, considering that some marriages make it through to 40 or 50...

Sun 7 Feb

We have reached the end of our brief sojourn into the Book of Psalms. We started with the gateway psalm which launched us into the psalms, namely Psalm One. Then we looked at each of the psalms which started each of the five books in the psalms. Now we come to the conclusion with Psalm 150. If you...

Sun 31 Jan

Giving thanks could possibly be dying out. While they are two little words – “Give thanks” they are not always spoken. We take every effort to teach our children to give thanks or to say thank you, we can be quick to slip back into not giving thanks at all.The writer of Psalm 107 repeats the phrase of...

Sun 24 Jan

What was before God? Or “Who made God? are often questions that children ask their Scripture teachers or Sunday School teachers. They are asked because we live in a world that decays and disintegrates. Even rocks wear down to finer grains, our clothes wear out. Even our physical bodies wear...

Sun 17 Jan

Psalm 73 raises a number of challenges as we read the psalm. Is God good if he allows the wicked to get away with their evil schemes. Why should we follow and serve God if the wicked keep getting away with what they are doing?  Such questions and thinking bothered the psalmist. It bothered him...

Sun 10 Jan

Psalm 42 is the opening psalm to the second book in the Psalms. It features a Son of Korah who writes of his experience of worship in Jerusalem and laments the fact that at present, circumstances prevent him from worshipping in Jerusalem.  We are not told what those circumstances or distresses are,...