Humility is a virtue that should be part of every Christian's character. But what is humility? Is it clever people pretending to be stupid or beautiful people pretending to be…
Love is the pre-eminent Christian virtue - along with faith and hope as listed by Paul in 1 Corinthians 13. The Greek language is more expressive in terms of its…
Faith is one of the three cardinal virtues listed by Paul - faith, hope and love. Today's sermon looks at an example of faith from the New Testament. Unusually, this…
Hope in uncertain times - the biblical concept of hope is much stronger than our use of the word in ordinary conversation. God gives us hope in uncertain times -…
The story of Mary and Martha is an example of the need for balance in our lives. Both hospitality and paying attention to our spiritual needs are good things, but…
Today's sermon is a little bit different in that it is in the form of a quiz. Download the Notes PDF file Bible Quiz to view the questions. Print out the file…
Jesus doesn't always welcome the people who came to him and wanted to follow him with open arms. This passage from Luke's gospel gives three examples of Jesus rebuffing people…
Today's parable from Luke is framed by Jesus' question - a question each of us has to answer: Why do you call me Lord, Lord and not do what I say? The…
Today our sermon topic is about loving your enemies. Perhaps more than anything else, this is one of the characteristics of Christians that is the most striking witness to the…
Today, rather than comment on the Gospel passage, I am going to follow up from the Treaty of Waitangi sermon last week to speak about one of the outstanding Māori…