Topic: Discipleship

We are faced with a choice, a crisis, each time we hear the Word, which slices through our souls, our families, our values, and demands our commitment without reservation.

To name Christ as King is to identify ourselves as dissenters to the claims of any other authority.

God offers to make us his children, a position that may not appeal to our autonomous ambitions, but which offers honour and security.

Jesus leads the way in exposing and opposing violence, no matter what the cost, and life is found in following his lead.

The Christian life is often lived against overwhelming odds, but the presence of Christ and some basic godly resources make it a good bet.

After the big event of Christmas, it is faithfulness in our everyday living that produces growth and godliness.

God will open the way through the world’s chaos, and it will be grounded on extravagant mercy.

God calls us, as individuals and as a church, to a journey with him, but sometimes we find ourselves sitting at a station watching the trains go by.

God calls us to live out the gospel, not just to think about, not just to pray about it, but to live it.  Jesus called us to action, not to change their thinking but to change their lives.

The way to enter the life of God is found in Jesus, in relationship with the incarnate life of God.

The revelation of what God is on about in Christ will always upend our expectations and disrupt our lives.

In the pain of discouragement, God keeps whispering to us: I am still with you, and the future has possibilities you have not dreamed of. So take courage, keep at it, hold on, don’t give up.