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Matthew 19.1-30. Commitment

Matthew 19.1-30. Commitment

Jesus opens up the topics of sex, power and money, topics that were as difficult to speak about when he addressed them as they are for us today. His solution is not to proclaim our rights in these areas but … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Faith, Marriage, Matthew, WealthTags Contentment, Divorce, Faith, Marriage, Matthew, Power, Sex, Wealth

Matthew 14.22-36. Shame & vulnerability

Matthew 14.22-36. Shame & vulnerability

BrenĂ© Brown in 2010 spoke of how her research on vulnerability discovered that people who live in cities like Melbourne have lives marked by shame. Shame, she says, is more than acknowledging we have made mistakes, it is concluding that … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Faith, Matthew, ShameTags Doubt, Matthew, Shame, Vulnerability

Matthew 13.1-23. Choking the word of God

Matthew 13.1-23. Choking the word of God

Why doesn’t God make himself more obvious? Jesus’ answer is that God does make himself clear and will one day make himself unavoidably so but what we see or understand now of God depends upon whether we see ourselves clearly … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Faith, Hypocrisy, MatthewTags Matthew, Parable of the sower

Genesis 25 – 27. Hating God’s promises

Genesis 25 – 27. Hating God’s promises

We expect faith to be accompanied by goodness but in this story it is accompanied by shrewdness and deception that everyone knows will soon be discovered. Yet, Rebekah is commended by her husband for the determined way she values the … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Faith, GenesisTags Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Rebekah

Genesis 12. Faith with fear

Genesis 12. Faith with fear

The life of Abraham strikes the modern reader as full of faith and full of fear at the same time. There are many challenges he must face since leaving the safety of his home land. When God calls us to … Read more

Author Posted on Format LinkCategories Bible, Faith, GenesisTags Abraham, Faith, Fear, Sarah

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