Windsor Road Baptist Church blog

The Kingdom Of God

You may be aware that King Charles III and Queen Camilla are visiting Australia over the next few days.  Predictably this has resulted in various media stories about the relevance of the Constitutional Monarchy in modern Australia and debate about the move to a...

Watch your life and doctrine

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers (1 Timothy 4:16) In Christendom, there has always been a tension between the importance of ‘orthopraxy’ (life) and ‘orthodoxy (doctrine/teaching)....

All for one and one for all

“Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind” (Ecclesiastes 4:4-5) According to a new survey conducted in June by ‘Finder’, Australia’s most visited comparison website, Aussies...

Inadequate

I don’t think I am alone in this, but quite often I feel rather inadequate. Inadequate to do my job properly, inadequate as a mum, inadequate as a wife, a friend, a sister and inadequate to meet God’s standards. I sometimes wonder why I continue to keep trying or...

Pray for Luke and Belle

This week, I have been reading the book of Ruth. We learn about Naomi, a woman who survived tragedy through her relationship with God. I don’t know how I would feel if, like Naomi, I had to suffer through a severe drought, been forced to move to a foreign country to...

Is Anything To Hard For Me? (Isaiah 32:27b)

Ever doubted God and His promises? Of course you have! The prophet Jeremiah was no exception. When God told him through a prophetic act that life would return to normal in Jerusalem, it would seem he doubted. This promise comes against the backdrop of Jerusalem under...

Happy Father’s Day

There was a father of five who came home one day with a toy and asked which one of them should have the present. “Who is the most obedient here? Anyone here who never talks back to mum and does everything she asks you to do?” After a short period of silence, all of...

Judging the book (person) by the cover

Recently Bob’s message provided excellent insight into how Jeremiah responded when challenged directly by a false prophet, in the temple in front of many people. Jeremiah calmly removed himself from the situation, made no judgement on the false prophet, and waited on...

Seasons of Tiredness

Perhaps like me you’re having a day, or a season, when you’re feeling a little tired, when you’re struggling with aches in your bones or your heart. “What happened?” “I thought I was doing OK.” Things like growth, healing and progress never happen as one continual...