The Christian theology of the body completely revolutionised the ancient world. Some people believe that Christian sexual ethics come out of the distant past, but that is wrong.  Christian sexual ethics came from above - and they made our world far, far better.

24-11-2019 - Lucas Durant

To be Holy is to be 'set apart' in service of God.  The Church is called holy, but the unrepentant sin of 'Christians' within a congregation undermines this purpose. Paul commands churches to take sin seriously, and shows us how holiness can be restored.  

17-11-19 - Lucas Durant

Christians are motivated by God's grace to give generously. Yet even when we are motivated to give, we must still determine how to give. Paul's instruction to the Corinthians helps us to invest our resources wisely, trusting God to produce a harvest. 

10-11-19 - Lucas Durant

According to the scriptures, the way we use our money can tell us a great deal about the condition of our hearts. A heart that has been changed by God's generous grace is revealed in generosity. This section of 2 Corinthians gives us a model for what a healthy heart looks like and a prescription for bringing our hearts to full health. 

03-11-19 - Lucas Durant

Ninevah was a wicked city full of people who 'didn't know their right hand from their left'. Jonah was a prophet who didn't want to speak God's word to God's world. God, in His grace, loved them both.

27-10-19 - Darren Pollock

In a time and place when we are offered so much choice in our daily lives, we can often be paralysed with indecision. At the end of His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus concludes by offering us a refreshingly simple decision - the narrow way to life or the broad road to destruction - and commanding us all to choose. It should be an easy choice, yet 'many travel the broad road' and 'few find the narrow road'. Jesus wants us to choose wisely.

20-10-2019 - Lucas Durant

Non-Christians often believe that churches are full of judgmental hypocrites - and sadly they are sometimes right. But in Matthew 7 we see that Jesus hated judgemental hypocrisy and strongly denounced the way of thinking that lies behind it. Jesus calls us to use right judgment and to relate to God and one another rightly.

13-10-19 - Lucas Durant

People in our city spend their entire lives working for, striving after and achieving rewards that will quickly pass away. Jesus shows us a better way. While the world is consumed by anxious striving, those seeking his kingdom first are promised peace, rest and fatherly provision. 

06-10-19 - Lucas Durant

Look around our city and you will see that you do not have to be a Christian to pray; every religious system has its own approach to prayer. But according to Jesus, Christian prayer should be different from all other kinds of prayer in both form and content. In the Lord's Prayer, we are given a  radically God-centred and deeply dependent approach to prayer which flows out of an knowledge of who God really is - Our Father in Heaven.

29-09-19 - Lucas Durant

Religious hypocrisy is spiritual poison. While we might be able to convince others (and may even convince ourselves) that we are very generous, super-spiritual, and well-disciplined in our Christian life by putting on a good show in public, God sees our heart and knows what we are in private. In Matthew 6:1-18, Jesus shows us how to stay well clear of religious hypocrisy.

22-09-19 - Niels van de Kasteele