1 March 2015

SOME MODERN EXAMPLES OF COVENANT

I had preached the Covenants sermon in a  black African church in Sydney some years ago, and after the service over coffee the Pastor told me that the great British missionary David Livingstone entered into a pact (covenant) with the various tribes he worked amongst, and instead of killing him (missionary was a favourite delicacy at that time) they protected him. I checked it out and […]

26 February 2015

COVENANT

I wrote a short FB article recently which since developed into a sermon I preached last Sunday. I have decided to enlarge it here into a full blog, I trust it will be a blessing to you. What is a Covenant ? A Contract A Treaty or Alliance of marriage or friendship between God and man or between humans. The Hebrew word Bryith for Covenant […]

21 February 2015

CHARACTER vs. CHARISMA

Many of you know I love Church History, especially from and including the Reformation. Virtually every Biblical truth has been lost by the dark Ages, or been so enshrouded with ceremony and tradition it was almost unrecognisable. God was gracious to restore TRUTH to His Church starting with “The Just shall live by faith”, that a person MUST be BORN AGAIN if they are to […]

28 January 2015

GOING ON HOLIDAYS AT LAST

We did take 2 Sundays away from our local church during January, but tomorrow we leave for Lakes Entrance (for one night) then go onto Merimbula  (South coast N.S.W.) for a week, then onto our children in Sydney for nearly 2 weeks, I am preaching at home  in Moe at our local church on Sunday 22nd so need to be back before that date. I […]

23 January 2015

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

We had the privilege in the 1970’s & 80’s to pastor 2 great churches during the height of the Charismatic Renewal. We saw fantastic growth and blessing,  many people being soundly born again and discipled and many believers having their love for the Lord reignited.  It was time of the writing of 100’s of awesome songs, many totally based on the scriptures, and the birth […]