Windsor Road Baptist Church blog

All us have favourite Bible passages we are drawn to and not so favourite Bible passages we avoid, such as this one in Luke 14:26. Jesus is speaking, “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters,...

One of my all-time favourite Bible verse is from 2 Corinthians 5:21: “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God”. He went from riches to rags so we can go from rags to riches. “Thank you, Lord!” Below is a...

Shema Yisrael is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centrepiece of morning and evening Jewish prayer services.  It comes from Deuteronomy 6:4 and following.  In this, Moses utters one of the most important revelations of God’s identity:...

What a question! I asked this to the Youth the other day and they responded along the lines: ‘something we don’t deserve’, ‘forgiveness’ and ‘favour when you shouldn’t get it’. They were right! In the simplest way, God’s gift is grace for the undeserving sinner. But...

The almost universally loved theologian, St Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) prayed, “If am Thy child, O God, it is because Thou gavest me such a mother”. The tireless, passionate English theologian and evangelist, John Wesley (1703-1791) who rode over 400,000kms on...

The Bible’s teaching on God’s judgment is definitely one of the greatest stumbling blocks to Christianity. Reconciling the idea of God’s punishment with His love as revealed in Christ seems like a bridge too far. The words of Charles Darwin captures what many of us...

I’m encouraged by the strength/faith Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10) showed to make such a major change in his way of life and give away so much for Jesus. I know in my own walk with God I struggle to let go of certain parts of my life.  If I do, it doesn’t take long...

I have my father’s old “slouch hat” he wore as a 19-year-old. He joined up with a few of his school mates late in WW2. They trained together and later decided they would all volunteer with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF), going to Japan to...

Two elderly, excited Southern women were sitting together in the front pew of the church listening to a fiery preacher. When this preacher condemned the sin of stealing, these two ladies cried out, "Amen, Brother!". When the preacher condemned the sin of lust, they...

2 Corinthians 5:11-21 I think most of us have come across or even used the saying, “Chancing your arm”. It means to take a risk and give something a go. The origin of this saying is quite interesting. According to one theory, the saying dates back to a bitter family...