Thoughts- MetroWest Community Church, Brisbane

Can We Forgive?...

Some of the things Jesus asked his followers to do were from the realm of the impractical and the impossible. He said it was one thing to love our friends, but he wanted us to love our enemies. Was this before or after they had stopped attaching us? Then he urged his disciples to forgive...

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I Am Wonderfully Made!...

I know some people think me strange, but I love to appreciate a successful project in which I have had a hand. Linda and I have recently levelled our entrance foyer and paved it with bricks, cutting the edges with a massive diamond studded angle grinder… and it looks spectacular…...

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Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me...

I thought you might enjoy this version of Rock of Ages by Ella Fitzgerald.

It’s not that difficult!...

It’s not that difficult! All you need is an appropriate question to steer the conversation in the right direction, and everything flows from there…. Ah it is useful to have a little bit of an understanding of the core issues, but then most of us have been attending classes for a number...

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What do you need to grow?...

What do you need to grow? One of the questions that we need to be thinking about is. “What is our core business at MetroWest?” It’s an important question, because if we are not careful we will find ourselves being pulled in a hundred and one different directions...

Something more substantial...

I grew up going to a church in Toowoomba that had a good deal of excitement and engagement (slightly Charismatic bent to it), yet I never became a Christian there and don’t remember hearing the gospel (which doesn’t mean it wasn’t preached). It wasn’t until university...

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New to church...

It is always a bit scary when you visit a new church, because you are never too sure what you will find. “Will they be a bunch of crazies, like we sometimes see on the TV?” “Will they be friendly and welcoming or will we be left to sip our coffee on our own?” “Will they look...

What’s your beef with ...

“What’s your beef with church?” - It’s a question I’ve found myself asking a number of people lately, although perhaps not quite in those terms. But it really intrigues me why many people who believe in Jesus and take the teachings of the Bible seriously aren’t...

Are we all sinners?...

In Romans 5:8-9 the apostle Paul describes people (all of humanity) as being sinners. In the surrounding context he equates that with being ungodly (v 6) or even as being God’s enemies (v 10). Yet what does this mean or what does this...

Moving Forwards with Confide...

Have you noticed how often God blesses expectant faith? In Mark’s Gospel there is a lady who has been sick for a long time and she knows that Jesus holds the key to her recovery. Her understanding is limited… she hasn’t worked out all of the details about what he has come to...

Reason for God...

Tim Keller speaking at Google about the Reason for God: Tim Keller has written an interesting book “The Reason For God”. Keller is the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York. The church was planted the late 1980s and has since...

The Provocative Church...

The Provocative Church by Graham Tomlin, SPCK, 2002 The Church needs to be provocative, in that those who encounter it should be provoked. Graham Thomlin, in his book, The Provocative Church, argues that the mission with which Christians have been charged is to be a sign....

Truth in Meaningful Words...

Does the God who created us also know how to speak to us? Is He able to communicate truth to us through words in a way that is meaningful and understandable? The answer assumed on every page of Scripture is “yes”. God spoke to the patriarchs, prophets and priests and when...

Confident in Christ...

The Church which is addressed in Hebrews finds itself in a crisis of confidence and faith. Its members are in danger of backsliding and falling away. In similar situations, some church leaders seek to encourage commitment… we have all heard of congregations being encouraged to sign...

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