Windsor Road Baptist Church blog

Luke 6:27-36 Before you read on, please be warned that you might find part of the content of this article distressing as it is about child sacrifice attacks in Uganda. I recently came across a story about a Christian lawyer by the name of Bob Goff. One of his passions...

Early in the week in my devotional, I was reading Mark 13 and it got me thinking about Ian’s sermon last Sunday, “Grander Vision Living” (if you haven’t heard it, go to our website). Jesus was about to leave the Temple in Jerusalem when one of his disciples remarked...

The story in Luke 5:1-11 begins with Jesus borrowing a boat belonging to a fisherman named Simon (a.k.a the apostle Peter) so he could teach God’s word to crowds of people. After he finished speaking, he decides to go fishing with Peter, except he  gives...

Lessons from Zacchaeus Zacchaeus was a wee little man,And a wee little man was he.He climbed up in a sycamore treeFor the Lord he wanted to see.And as the Saviour passed that way,He looked up in the tree,And He said, “Zacchaeus, you come down!For I’m going to your...

This week, we begin a new sermon series based on Bill Hybels’ book, Just Walk Across the Room. At its heart, this series is about embracing the simple yet profound act of stepping out of our comfort zones to connect with others. It’s a call to live out the love...

Have you ever read the gospels and thought to yourself, “Gee, I wish you didn’t say that Jesus”. Several weeks ago my devotional reading was on Matthew 15:21-28 in which Jesus said things that if repeated in our day, would be considered scandalous and would have gone...

“In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying in bed.  He wrote down the substance of his dream.”  Daniel 7:1 I’ve been reading Pete Greig’s book, *How to Hear God*. His chapter...

Have you heard the one about this guy named Dan? He was a mighty, holy, praying man. They said, ‘Throw him to the den of the scary beasts.’ But God saved our hero from the lion’s teeth. This is more than history. He will do the same for me! You’re with me! My God’s...

It wasn’t that long ago that I had someone tell me I’m authoritarian in my leadership. I was gutted and gobsmaked. In all the decades I’ve been in leadership, there has only been one other occasion someone said this about me. Regardless, I had to ‘check-in’ with the...

I recently read about a guy who was gifted a pufferfish. After preparing it, he boiled it before he and his friend ate it with lime juice. Within less than an hour, he started to feel numb in his mouth. He drove himself to the hospital. Before long, he went into...