Windsor Road Baptist Church blog

“…I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some” (1 Corinthians 9:22 – ESV). We see Paul’s wise approach to how he discipled people to faith on display in the manner he engaged the Greeks in Areopagus in Acts 17 (check out Peter Francis’s...

(Matthew 9:35-38) In his gospel, Matthew gives us a snapshot of Jesus in ministry. He travelled through towns and villages, teaching in synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, healing every disease and sickness. But Matthew doesn't stop at describing...

The title is a line from William Wallace in the 1995 film, ‘Brave Heart’. The late Dr Edward Stieglitz, an expert on high blood pressure, geriatric medicine and a leading authority on old age and its problems said something similar, “In the end, it’s not the years in...

Have you ever read a real life story of welcoming a stranger that brought tears to your eyes?  As I was reading through our sermon series study book “Out of the Salt Shaker”, I was filled with emotion at one of the stories Pippert wrote. I share a portion of that...

When Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God, He used the language of agriculture because farming inherently teaches us patience, rhythm, and seasons. Unlike a sudden explosion, a seed requires time. It must sit in the dark, break through the dirt, and grow slowly...

The struggle for most of us isn’t whether we should talk to people about Jesus but how. We picture sharing our faith as a memorised script we deliver, a performance we are more than likely to make a mess of and so we say nothing at all. However, Pippert in her book,...

Sharing our faith with our non-Christians is an indispensable part of our relationship with Jesus but for most of us, we would we quick to admit we are not doing enough of it. We find ourselves caught in an internal tug-of-war. Often the immediate solution that comes...

In the high humidity of the tropical Philippines we added uncooked rice grains to our saltshaker so the salt could shake out and not clump and clog up the holes. How do I relate this to me being salt in this world? I pray: Spirit of the Living God, draw me close and...

At the heart of Christian theology lies the ‘Incarnation’ – the belief that Jesus Christ was fully human and fully God. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John...

After his teaching on the ‘Beatitudes’ – which describes the kind of people God wants us to become as His children and as citizens of His kingdom – Jesus said to his disciples, “You are the salt of the earth” (Matthew 5:13). Using a metaphor that was very familiar to...