Philemon 1:6

I found Philemon verse 6 a bit of a mouthful and hard to understand. Scholars say the Greek is very hard to translate into succinct English. So I thought I would present some research to help us understand.  Translations: (ESV) and I pray that the sharing of your...

LENT: Boredom over Entertainment

Being involved in the Lutheran Church during school, Lent is quite familiar to me. I can appreciate the tradition and practicing fasting in preparation for Easter.  This Lent, Sam and I are giving up entertainment and making the Bible the only thing we consume....

The Bible Is Complex

From this short preaching series, ‘The Hard Sayings of Jesus’, we realise there are a lot of hard sayings in the bible. They are often small phrases that are challenging, hard hitting, and convict us to live differently. But some, or most, might be ‘hard sayings’...

Crossroads

There is a movie on Netflix at the moment called Outback. It’s about two American tourists who spontaneously change their road trip route from Sydney to Cairns by adding a detour to Uluru. They drive and drive and eventually get stranded in the desert. At one point in...