In this message, Paul Cameron concludes our Acts series with the theme Courage in a Storm (rough sailing, baggage overboard, travelling light, shipwrecked, doing the work of Jesus), based on Acts 28.
You may like to read Acts 27 and Psalm 107: 23-30
And reflect on these quotes:
“The ocean can be seen as a symbol of stability, as it can exist largely unchanged for centuries.”
“The ocean is considered to be boundless, a place where one can easily be lost, and can therefore be seen to represent the boundless span of life, and the way one can get lost on the journey through life.”
“When I Was A Kid…a long, long time ago, deep in the last millennium… we prided ourselves on stability and sameness and order; life was built on a rock: Menzies was PM, Bolte was Premier, we had our Queen. Church (in Churches of Christ at least!) was at 11am, a ‘4 hymn sandwich’…That was the story we found ourselves in. Today we live in times of great fluidity and mobility and change and flexibility and multiple options.This is the story that we now find ourselves in: ever-changing like the ocean, living in this world of rapid, discontinuous change where old (but good!) beliefs and values are challenged daily; where injustice is rampant, globally and locally, in relationships between nations and between people; and where Christianity is no longer central in our culture, but marginalized and we’re all discovering how to be followers of Jesus in post-modern, post-Christendom times.This is the story we find ourselves in, and often it is an uncomfortable place, disconcerting, scary even.