by simon_vb | Jan 16, 2015 | Blog
Christians are always encouraged to read the Bible. It is God’s Word, the way we know about God, the way we know of salvation and how we might respond to God well. It is vital for us, but this blog assumes you probably already agree with this. The question I want to...
by simon_vb | Jan 2, 2015 | Blog
This is the time of year for joining the gym. January is the most popular month for people to join a gym. This can be for a few different reasons. It could be because we start to plan for the new year and think about what we want to be different about ourselves, and...
by simon_vb | Nov 24, 2014 | Blog
I am much more like Martha than Mary. You know the story from Luke 10: Jesus visits the house of the two sisters, and Mary sits at Jesus’ feet while Martha does all the work and resents the fact that Mary is not helping. I have always kind of felt that she had a...
by simon_vb | Nov 16, 2014 | Blog
It is easy to start to forget how great God is. Now, I don’t mean intellectually. I think most people who are familiar with the Bible can understand logically that God is so great and powerful, Almighty, holy, holy, holy, and all the other adjectives you can list. He...
by simon_vb | Nov 10, 2014 | Blog
I think that so often well-meaning Christian people send a completely wrong message about Christianity to the wider world. If you are currently a Christian reading this, try hard to put yourself in the shoes of the typical Aussie who cares little for religion. They...
by simon_vb | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog
This week the renovation on our church building in the city of Perth will be completed. It is a major renovation; the false ceiling was removed to expose the grand old ceiling of the hall. The hall itself is old, and the ceiling is curved with beautiful plasterwork...
