Tag: Reformation Sunday
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1 | Grace in the Wilderness and For the Wilderness | Matthew 4: 1-11
I wonder: if you were asked what some of the challenges the Church faces in our context are, what would you say? The answer would depend a lot on our background and our desire for our own lives. We might say: declining numbers, a loss of tradition, a lack of confidence, among other things. Then,…
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5 | From the Mountain to the Ordinary (1 Peter 1:22-25)
There is something about the mountain top, the beauty of getting there after a long hike, and looking around and suddenly the breathlessness of the couple of hours it took to get to that moment feels a lot less, and the world seems a lot smaller as you look out across the views, and it…
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4 | Redeemed for Such a Time as This (1 Peter 1:17–21)
A Holy life because of the wholeness of Christ
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A City Stirred (Acts 2:1-13 | Pentecost Pt.1)
1 | The Tension of Waiting (Acts and the Acension) There are moments of waiting that affect the whole world yet are the most personal of things. In 1952, on a holiday in Kenya, a young princess, Elizabeth, was informed of the passing of her Father and her ascension to the throne. What a surreal…
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Identifying Jesus (Mark 3:20-35 )
Introduction The pace of Mark’s account of the life and ministry of Jesus is relentless. There never seems to be a moment to rest or process all that is going on with Jesus and around him. Mark is a man of life detail, so when he records it, it is always worth noting and considering.…
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Psalm 8 | The Majesty of the Universe and the Beauty of His Image
Introduction The right question can change everything, and the right answer to that question will change everything. What makes a question powerful? Who is asking it, and perhaps in another way, who it is asked of? If a normal citizen of a nation asks a question about global politics, whatever the answer, it will have…
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Atr Irwin 