1. MOTTOS? Today I want to begin by asking you what mottos do you know? While you spend a moment thinking about that let me give you my loose definition of a motto. It is a short or succinct set …

“She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me!” That’s a quote from the 1994 movie ‘The Little Rascals’, one of many movies I watched on repeat growing up. I’m one of …

Verses 1-6 – The Appearance of God V1 God speaks. This is what we spoke about from Psalm 33 last week. God spoke in Genesis 1, and all was created. Well, this time when the Lord speaks he summons the …

We don’t always feel like praising God do we. There can be many reasons for this. You might be tired; you may have had an argument with your better half on the way to church this morning. The kids might …

1. Songs Songs are an important part of life. Just about every culture makes music and sings songs. We sing them when we are in love and want to tell the world. We sing them when we are happy and …

1. A baptism A little later today we are going to witness the baptism of Helen. Helen hasn’t been with us here at Chatswood Baptist for long just a few months. However, Helen has come to that point in her …

1. Birth announcements The arrival of a newborn baby is good news that parents love to share with others. 1.1 Our first child When our first child was born, it was long enough ago that when it came to telling …

Some things are just meant to be shared Some things are just meant to be shared. We ought not to keep them to ourselves. Movies While you can go to the movies by yourself, I think that the whole experience …

Introduction If something is important or valuable that it needs to be guarded doesn’t it. Now that could be the crown jewels in the tower of London. Or perhaps the President of the United States. Imagine for a minute that …

Deliberately Forgetting We often ignore things that we shouldn’t overlook or forget things that we shouldn’t forget. In our minds we seem to have this capacity to  somehow manage to push to one side those things that we don’t want …