All the planning and preparations are coming together. The lines are being learnt, the instruments are being tuned, the decorations are amazing, and the Carnival is going to be a great addition to our Carols. Lots of people are planning to be here on Sunday and I have heard of many people bringing along friends and family, to join us for the fun. Over the last couple of months, as I have chatted with people
Relevant Bible Passages Revelation 21:1-8 Revelation 21:15-21 Revelation 22:1-5 Philippians 3:20-21 1 Corinthians 15:50-57 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 2 Peter 3:7-13 Additional Resources Videos Heaven & Earth – Bible Project – https://youtu.be/Zy2AQlK6C5k What Is Heaven Like? – Questioning Christianity – https://youtu.be/asLss8E-Wjc Is Hell For Real? – Questioning Christianity – https://youtu.be/JWfSsINQM3s Books Life After Death – Scott Petty Confronting Christianity – Rebecca McLaughlin (chap 12) 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask And Answer
Relevant Bible Passages God’s Justice Psalm 33:5, Romans 3:25-26 God’s Love Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:9 God’s Goodness Mark 10:18 God’s Sovereignty Ephesians 11:1, Job 28:25-27, Proverbs 21:1 God’s Choice Ephesians 1:4-5, 1 Peter 1:1-2 Human Choice Deuteronomy 30:19, 2 Cor 5:10 God and Human Choice? 2 Peter 1:10, Exodus 7:3-4, 8:15 God’s explanation Romans 9:6-24 Additional Resources Books & Articles Predestination – Scott Petty Paradoxology – Krish Kandiah (chap 10) No one
Bible Passages John 17:20-23 On Eldership Acts 20: 17-28 Acts 14: 23 1 Peter 5:1 Exodus 3:16 Judges 2:7 2 Samuel 5:3 Ezra 5:5 Titus 1:9 On different church groupings 1 Corinthians 1:2 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Colossians 4:15 Acts 9:31 1 Corinthians 16:1 Additional Resources An introduction to the PCA Presbyterian Church of Australia – Introduction Videos Why are there so many Christian denominations? https://youtu.be/dduWZ6N3I5I
Relevant Bible Passages Ephesians 4: 32 Matthew 6: 14 Colossians 3:13 Luke 6:37 Matthew 18: 21-22 Psalm 86:5 Mark 11: 25 1 John 1:9 Daniel 9:9 Ephesians 1:7-8 Matthew 5: 38-42 Luke 5 :18-25 Luke 17:3-4 Additional Resources Books Forgive. Why should I and how can I – Timothy Keller Videos No videos this week Podcasts The beautiful mystery of forgiveness The freedom of forgiveness Can we truly forgive? The necessity and pain of
Key Bible Passage Romans 6 – 7 Other Relevant Bible Passages James 1: 14-15 Romans 3: 9-23 1 John 3:4-6 1 John 5: 17 Additional Resources Books The reason for God – Tim Keller (chap 10) Evangelic dictionary of theology – Walter Elwell (sin) Christian Theology – Millard Erickson (chap 6) Reformed Dogmatics Vol 3 – Herman Bavinck (chap 3) Basic Christianity – John Stott (chap 5&6) Videos Why can’t God just forgive sin without
Last week, I posted about shifting where we sit. This week, shifting where we park. We are blessed with a great facility. Plenty of parking. Well, that is changing. Along with more people in our services, there are more cars in our car park. We would like to make it easier and simpler for our visitors and newcomers to find a car park, so from this Sunday the bay across from the handicapped parking spots
Our services have been busy the last couple of Sundays. Our 9am service particularly has seen a significant increase in the number of people in the room. We have been praying for people to join us at Living Church, and it seems that this is happening. Last month, I posted about the increased numbers attending our services Read that post here Since the beginning of Term 4, the number of people attending our services has
Our Term 4 Workshop is this Saturday! October 21st from 8:30am – 12:30pm. Marriage is spoken about in the opening chapters of the bible, it has been a cornerstone of human culture since the beginning and it has been the subject of massive debate in the contemporary western world. At our term 4 workshop we’ll be talking about what biblical marriage is, why it’s so important, why it’s not ultimate, and how we can have
Our Term 4 Workshop will be on October 21st from 8:30am – 12:30pm. Marriage is spoken about in the opening chapters of the bible, it has been a cornerstone of human culture since the beginning and it has been the subject of massive debate in the contemporary western world. At our term 4 workshop we’ll be talking about what biblical marriage is, why it’s so important, why it’s not ultimate, and how we can have
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