Windsor Road Baptist Church blog

Last week I came across a clip of a pastor delivering an invitation to Holy Communion. Pointing to the elements, he announced: “This table right there is not my table…it is God’s table and that means everyone is welcome to that table. *You do not have to believe what...

If you've been to Windsor Road lately, you've likely noticed our focus on Jesus’ words, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men and women.” I personally find this year’s sermon series both challenging and rewarding. Initially, we recognised that God is already...

One thing I hope we can take away from Sam’s insights last Sunday is his encouragement about sharing our faith with someone who is an atheist. We don’t need to have all the answers or be experts in apologetics. Instead, we can be willing to listen, ask questions,...

“…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...