Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 15th December 2024.

In many ways, God measures our relationship with him the same way that we should care for our children.

A PDF copy of the talk notes is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=9

And the YouTube link to the uploaded video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYjQDfC_t8

Talk 10 of 10 in a series of talks by Pastor Arthur Marshman on the Ten Commandments. Delivered between June 2024 and December 2024.

When God chose the nation of Israel he gave them the Ten Commandments, written on stone, as a guide to a better life. Fifteen hundred years later, on the Day of Pentecost, God again sent his law to his people written on their hearts by the Holy Spirit. Jesus was clear, he had not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it. In this series of talks we will explore how the Ten Commandments are fulfilled in the lives of Christians today.

A PDF copy of the presentation as a PDF document is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=11

Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 4th December 2024.

Just a few thoughts on the rarest people on earth. They are Christians who have a genuine love of the truth. They are the true overcomers.

Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 1st December 2024.

There are thousands of claimed ways to enter the kingdom of God, but only one way offers God's evidence of biblically promised signs and wonders. Sadly, these are rejected by most Christians, Jews and Muslims alike. It is not new for 'religious' people to reject signs and wonders. They killed Jesus for the following reasons... jealousy, hatred, pride and ignorance. It is not surprising that all the ruling political and religious leaders of the day rejected Jesus' teaching and miracles... not much has changed today either.

Jesus established himself by miracles... not religious arguments or philosophical debate. He also listed the miracles that would establish the true church up until his return. Despite all he did, they murdered him anyway.

A PDF copy of the talk notes is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=9

And the YouTube link to the uploaded video.

https://youtu.be/F9A6u9S5fkU

Talk 9 of 10 in a series of talks by Pastor Arthur Marshman on the Ten Commandments. Delivered between June 2024 and December 2024.

When God chose the nation of Israel he gave them the Ten Commandments, written on stone, as a guide to a better life. Fifteen hundred years later, on the Day of Pentecost, God again sent his law to his people written on their hearts by the Holy Spirit. Jesus was clear, he had not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it. In this series of talks we will explore how the Ten Commandments are fulfilled in the lives of Christians today.

A PDF copy of the presentation as a PDF document is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=11

Delivered By Mitch Lever on 22nd November 2024.

Whether in our everyday lives, or in our relationship with God, we are encouraged to 'do our best'. Interestingly both God and the world have set the standard of perfection for us to achieve. The difference is that God's standard of perfection is achievable and profitable, where the world's standard is unsustained and destructive. Applying the world's standard to our Christian walk is a common, yet potent, restraint of our faith. When we properly understand the benchmark that God has set for humanity our focus becomes redirected away from the impossible standards of the world and towards a lifestyle of continual blessing.

Talk 8 of 10 in a series of talks by Pastor Arthur Marshman on the Ten Commandments. Delivered between June 2024 and December 2024.

When God chose the nation of Israel he gave them the Ten Commandments, written on stone, as a guide to a better life. Fifteen hundred years later, on the Day of Pentecost, God again sent his law to his people written on their hearts by the Holy Spirit. Jesus was clear, he had not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it. In this series of talks we will explore how the Ten Commandments are fulfilled in the lives of Christians today.

A PDF copy of the presentation as a PDF document is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=11

Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 11th November 2024.

The Bible is very strong on taking the weak and turning them into something useful. Spiritually speaking we are actually all weak. We would be nothing without the empowering of the Holy Spirit.

Delivered By Pastor Brad Smith on 3rd November 2024.

The following is a simple analysis between the plausibility of God creating our current world with purpose and planning in mind. Alternatively, all of the natural world is meaningless, unplanned randomness, which somehow sees matter and life evolve and appear in incremental stages over a long period of time.

* These notes assume God is right despite religious arguments, which may be erroneous to the scriptures.

* That Godless evolution requires a complete lack of purpose, design and logical process. If it is to remain valid... everything must be coincidental and without intelligent structure or pattern.

The scientific explanation for our world is... something came from nothing. The key assumption of this model is that just before the Big Bang, space filled with an unstable form of energy, whose nature is not yet known (out of nothing). At some instant, this energy was transformed into the fundamental particles from which arose all matter we observe today.. which is scientifically impossible.

A PDF copy of the talk notes is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=9

Talk 7 of 10 in a series of talks by Pastor Arthur Marshman on the Ten Commandments. Delivered between June 2024 and December 2024.

When God chose the nation of Israel he gave them the Ten Commandments, written on stone, as a guide to a better life. Fifteen hundred years later, on the Day of Pentecost, God again sent his law to his people written on their hearts by the Holy Spirit. Jesus was clear, he had not come to destroy the law but to fulfil it. In this series of talks we will explore how the Ten Commandments are fulfilled in the lives of Christians today.

A PDF copy of the presentation as a PDF document is available at:

https://www.brf.org.au/articles/articles.jsp?category=11