Introducing James & James 1:1-18. What strikes readers in Melbourne today about the letter is how disciplined he expects the Christian life will be. There is no room for sentimentality but there is lots of room for grace in … Read more
Tag: Doubt
Matthew 14.22-36. Shame & vulnerability
Brené 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
Psalm 73. Worship is understanding
Worship is a place where we gain understanding of God’s work in the world and experience his hold on us – even when our hold on God is frail. Psalm 73 seems to be a song of doubt and struggle … Read more
1 John 1. Certainty
We seek, long for, fear and deny certainty all at once. But John wrote to uncertain churches facing uncertain times that they could be certain about God in Christ Jesus. [Audio]
Michael Flynn