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God on the Throne of a Broken World
There’s an argument which says that if God were good, He would want to make His creatures happy - and that if He were all powerful, He would be able to do what He wished. But, as this argument reasons,...
Honour – Is it Lost?
I was thinking about the commandment to honour your father and mother. Both my parents died when I was young, and before I became a Christian - so I had no opportunity to honour them in life. I do remember,...
Jay Geldard’s 24-7 Calling
“As a father, one of the questions I ask myself is this, ‘...what kind of world do I want my kids to grow up in?’” When Christchurch’s Jay Geldard expresses his heart for his own family, as leader of 24-7...
I Will Not Believe! – Is ‘Seeing’ Believing?
In the Gospel of John, we come across “doubting Thomas” - but, in reality, Thomas was not ‘doubting’. Rather, he was totally sceptical about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. “But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with...
The Need to be Born Again
What’s the Gospel? What does it mean to be reconciled to God, to be indwelt by the Holy Spirit and be the recipient of eternal life? In John chapter three, one of the most important conversations in the New Testament...
Peter Dobbs: A Man on ‘His’ Mission
If one word describes Peter Dobbs, it’s most likely ‘missional’. It makes sense too - a key aspect of his roughly eight years in the New Zealand Army centered around mission command - and the question, “...how do you analyse,...
The Gamaliel Principle: His Strength, or Yours?
Gamaliel was the son of Rabbi Simeon, the grandson of the famous Rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisee, and therefore an opponent of the Saduccees. He was noted for his learning and was president of the Sanhedrin through the reigns...
