Posts (Page 47)

Posts (Page 47)

A Story on Prayer

I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day.

James (07) Unleashing Our Resource (James 1:19-25)

What is the secret of the good life? Is it having ‘x’ amount of dollars in the bank so you can do what you like whenever you like? Is it having not merely job security but a realisation that your work matters, or perhaps better still that it not only brings satisfaction to you as well as benefit…

Elijah (09) A Godly Man (1 Kings 18:1-16)

Have you noticed, even within this congregation, that God does not deal with us all in exactly the same way? One He matures through this trial, another through that trial, and yet another through no apparent trial. One He calls to serve in this way, another in that way; and of course connected to that is the distribution of gifts. It is important that we bear this in…

Movie Night – The Voyage that Shook the World

The screening of the movie “The Voyage That Shook the World” at SYPC will be on Friday 28 August 2009, 7.30pm 2009 has already proven to be a pivotal year in the creation/evolution debate. It’s the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, and the 150th anniversary1 of the…

Sin’s Madness, and God’s Mercy

Sin’s madness …. These verses tell us not only how God’s judgement had stamped it scorching trademark on the fields of Canaan and seared the lives of the people but how the people – especially the king and the court – responded to the drought. Though there is a cycle of natural events that include times of drought, no one in Israel could legitimately comfort themselves…

James (6) – The Life Cycle of Sin James 1:14-15

Last week we noted that every circumstance in our lives can be the means of a test or a temptation. That God in His sovereign providence orchestrates things, including those that challenge us and our faith at its very core, to make us more like Jesus. Just like fire purifies when appropriately…

Character from the Bosom of God’s Grace

‘The Christian life is not lived to the honour of God without effort,’ writes John MacArthur on 2 Peter 1:5, “giving all diligence…”. Having described what God has done in and for us, Peter is saying that we are to give ourselves to the task of developing Christian character and maturity in Christ Jesus, and that this should be don’t with serious commitment and energy or…