Christian Faith Perspectives

The thing that amazed me as a young Christian, was my immediate boldness in prayer. I found that I was praying for others with new energy and conviction. It was like something had changed… it had; I had become a BELIEVER PRIEST! Prior to my Christian commitment to Christ, I would have thought it audacious to…

Most of us have had near death experiences of some sort; those real-life incidents which could have resulted in us losing our lives.It could be a car accident, maybe at the beach getting caught in a rip or nearly drowning. So many times, we could have died, but we survived. They were as it were,…

We live in an age where COMMUNICATION has become so amazing, enabling us to talk to anyone anywhere at the press of a button, or simply at our voice command! Radio telescopes and satellite dishes scan and probe the heavens for signals. We have come a long way from the first telephone patent granted to…

In the past house owners have extended their houses with so much architectural flair; the various types of Cape Cod house extensions come to mind. But what is also happening today are complete rebuilds. Homeowners have done their sums and decided to demolish the existing home rather than extending. The result is a completely new…

Where we stand in life largely determines the future and what will occur. If you stand too close to a dangerous situation, you could get hurt, like standing too close to the edge of a train platform. I recall as a young man doing just that. Actually, I was walking with my back to an…

Contemporary worship allows freedom of expression as Christians come together to praise God. It may be the spontaneous heart felt raising of hands, it could be unrehearsed songs of praise, dancing and even shouts of praise. It may seem extreme to some and purely emotionalism. We can be comfortable with set liturgical forms of worship,…

Simply put, ‘a co-operative is a democratic organisation, owned and controlled by its members for a common benefit’. Ref. Business VictoriaThere are other definitions, but the main emphasis appears to be the autonomy and joint ownership of an enterprise. You may well ask, what is the Biblical connection? Consider for a moment the following verse,…

There is something special when you are heading down a freeway; you are locked into your journey. There is a singular purpose as you head toward your destination. Everything else becomes irrelevant as you travel with anticipation of your ultimate and exciting arrival at the next town or location. Early Christians were designated as a…

One of the most powerful emotional experiences a person can have is to know you are not condemned. Guilt is like a mental load we carry as an individual and to experience forgiveness is to know that load of guilt has been removed. One of the biggest causes of stress is the feeling of regret;…

My last post was about the FREEDOM we have in the realm of the Holy Spirit. Jesus dealt with our sin on the cross where he took the penalty of the broken Law. As we maintain our faith in this grace so we can maintain a life filled with the Spirit. The penalty demanded by…