Windsor Road Baptist Church blog

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...

I don’t know about you but last week’s article by Tania spoke to me. The words from Luke 1:37 that she has read hundreds of times before ‘jumped out and hit me in the face’: ‘FOR NO WORD FROM GOD WILL EVER FAIL’ (emphasis hers). These were the words spoken by the...

Have you been in a relationship with Jesus for a long time? If you are like me and your answer is yes, do you sometimes feel like you’ve read the same Bible words over and over again? It’s like a ‘been there, heard that, read that, seen that, felt that’ kind of...

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.  We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.”  (Romans 8:26) Some time ago I arrived at work and realised I had neglected to pray for a...

A very ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ to all women in our church irrespective of whether you are a birth mum, a stepmum, an adoptive or foster mum, an aunty or a spiritual mum. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make his face shine upon you. May He pour out His grace...

With us celebrating communion and remembering the sacrificial death of our Lord this Sunday, I thought I’d write something about it. Actually, it was my daily reading of the Scripture on Thursday that sparked the idea. My reading was from Zechariah 7. On 4 December,...

This week I have been participating in a ‘Baptist Denominational Distinctives’ unit at Morling College. At first, studying denomination things can seem a bit of an eye sore, especially in my generation where we don’t really see the importance any more of associating...

So here are some questions we can meditate on: Good Friday: Matthew 27 · How does Jesus’ suffering shape my understanding of God’s love and justice? · What can I learn from Jesus’ actions and words leading up to his crucifixion? · How have I wounded the...