Rev's Ramblings

Sun 18 Oct

One of the often asked questions in the New Testament is when will the Lord return? Jesus gave hints of it in the Gospels. The letter writers such as Paul and Peter and John also looked at the question. Their response was along the lines of, “Be ready!”It should not surprise us then, when Paul pens his...

Sun 4 Oct

It is not pleasant when we have been hurt by someone close to us. It could be a family member. It could be a work colleague. It could be a neighbour. It could be someone who is part of your sporting team or in the same club as you. What should we do when someone sins against us or hurts us in some...

Sun 27 Sep

The Bible has quite a bit to say concerning shepherds and sheep. Growing up on a mixed farming enterprise in southern NSW I was able to empathise with the shepherds and sheep of biblical times. Sheep require constant care. It is not as though you can lock them in a paddock and forget about them.You have...

Sun 20 Sep

How do we determine greatness? What makes one great? How does our culture determine greatness? They say that the Sydney Olympic Games were the greatest games ever. What made them great? What made Sir Donald Bradman a great cricketeer? What makes a great teacher? What makes a great politician? What...

Sun 13 Sep

In our world things do not always go as planned for us – particularly in an electronic age. You send an email hoping it will be there in a split second, instead it takes a few days. We set up for On Line Service only to discover the browsers cannot handle it.You can add your own stories for when events...

Sun 6 Sep

Perhaps one of the more challenging events in all of Scripture is what we know as the transfiguration of Jesus. It is an event where Jesus is changed before the eyes of the three disciples He had taken with him. “His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.”Two Old Testament...

Sun 30 Aug

There are many things if we are honest with ourselves that we do not understand. The mobile phone you have in your hand, do you understand how it works? Do you understand how a computer works? Do you understand fire? Why does it keep burning? We could keep going but there are many things we do not...

Sun 23 Aug

There are many things, objects, people that we can build our lives around. We may not admit it but we have all built our lives around something. Go back earlier this year when AFL was put on hold after the first round of games and the disappointment that many felt. Or when the first round of lockdown...

Sun 16 Aug

Most of the writers of the Bible had at some time during their ministry had to face off against false teachers. When Paul had his final meeting with the elders from the Ephesus congregation, he warned them that savage wolves (code for false teachers) would come. Surprisingly, he said some of them would...

Sun 9 Aug

They say that a good learning tool is repetition. To learn something you repeat it over and over in your mind. When I studied languages at Bible College – Greek and Hebrew – it required repetition. New alphabets were required. Grammars were different. Repetitive learning was required.As we come to the...