Rev's Ramblings

Sun 12 Nov

What is your ambition? What would you like to accomplish with your life? Maybe you have a long held dream? Where does God fit into your long held dream? In these verses Paul gives the reader a glimpse of his long held ambition and dream. He tells us in Romans 15:20 something of that long held dream....

Sun 5 Nov

If you wanted to see the Holy Spirit at work in someone's life, what would you look for? If the Spirit is at work in your life, how would you know? They are interesting questions to ponder. Now some may say you would look for repentance and sorrow over sin. Others might say that you would look for the...

Sun 22 Oct

We all hold different opinions on various matters. Just start talking about politics or religion or death or taxes and you will find a multitude of opinions out there. Talk about AFL and you will raise a host of different opinions. When it comes to Christianity, we discover there are differing opinions....

Sun 24 Sep

Spring is upon us. We can tell because the weather is warming up. We can tell because of the colourful flowers and blossoms attracting the bees. We can tell because people are wearing their favourite football colour in the hope it will somehow enable their team to win the grand final. You can tell the team...

Sun 17 Sep

If someone gave you your life back what would be your response to the giver? If someone donated their heart so you could live what would be your response? God gave the life of His Son, Jesus Christ, so we could live. If God in His mercy toward you gave you something you did not deserve, what would be your...

Sun 3 Sep

There are many mysteries out there. The "who dun it's" where we try and work out who did the crime. The mysteries of people who have disappeared. The mystery of where creation all began. The Bible has some mysteries. Proverbs speaks of the mystery of how a snake moves. We also have God's...

Sun 27 Aug

How do you tell whether one is a Christian?  That might sound like a fairly straightforward question.  Some might say look for the fruit of Spirit that the Holy Spirit is growing in their lives.  But then you might say that there are some extremely nice and good people out there are very...

Sun 20 Aug

Who would you give your life for? A mum or dad might say they would give their life to enable their child to live. They might act as a kidney donor to ensure their child lived. Would you do such a thing for a complete stranger? Would you give your life for someone who you didn't like or they didn't like...

Sun 13 Aug

The missionary who faithfully serves the Lord grapples with depression and sees him return home from the field. The parents of a still born look longingly at the lifeless child in their hands. The daughter of a loving Christian family overdoses on ICE. We could think of many other situations to these...

Sat 12 Aug

It seems like it was an eternity ago that the Commonwealth Games Committee announced that the Gold Coast would host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Some athletes who will compete will not have been born when the winning bid was announced. However, you can sense the dedication, the commitment, the sacrifice...