Bullentin – 22 June 2014

Did you know that we speak about 1600 words a day, 112 000 a week, about 6 million a year, and about 480 million in a lifetime. Of all those words which word is the most beautiful? I think it is the word, grace. Grace in a biblical sense means God’s rich love and forgiveness…

This morning in my Bible reading I read about Philip, who was sent by God from a busy, active church ministry to reach out to just one man on a busy desert road. As I read the passage I was reminded that God is not impressed with big numbers, but every individual is valuable to…

This week in our study through Luke’s gospel, we come to see Jesus withdrawing into the quiet seclusion of the Garden of Gethsemane to pray just before facing the deception of Judas, the denial of Peter and the desertion of the disciples. What struck me as I read Luke’s account of the Gethsemane prayer, is…

It is true to say that the role of the father figure in the home has become really confused today. Increasingly more and more homes are led by single parents.  The media seems bent on destroying every last vestige of what we grew up to accept as an ordinary, normal home ie. dad, mum, children,…

I am writing to you from Suva in Fiji, as I am one of the speakers at the South Pacific Ministers conference. There are about 200 delegates drawn from Fiji and the surrounding islands. The other 2 speakers sharing the conference platform are the headmaster of the Fiji Bible College and a minister from Hawaii…