Come out from her

Come out from her

‘Fallen!  Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ goes up the cry.  The mother of prostitutes, who intoxicated the inhabitants of the earth with temptations of sex, money and power has finally met her end, as described in the beginning and end of Rev 18. Sandwiched between the...
This world will pass away

This world will pass away

Last week we kicked off our Term 4 sermon series on Rev 17-22.  Where Rev 6-16 outlines the judgments God is currently pouring out on our sinful world, Rev 17 begins a new section that discloses what will happen once those judgments are complete. It begins with a...
More identity for life

More identity for life

Last week we concluded our October Outreach series by looking at how Christianity offers a more resilient identity for life.  Yet forming an identity is not something people are taught how to do; it is rather imposed upon us by our culture.  In his book ‘Sources of...
More meaning to life

More meaning to life

Across October we’ve been looking at how Christianity offers certain things in more abundance than other world views or religions, such as (i) a more certain hope, (ii) more lasting satisfaction, and (iii) more durable meaning to life.  Apart from staunch atheists,...
Christianity gives more

Christianity gives more

Across the month of October we’re looking at a topical series investigating how Christianity offers us 4 things that are necessary for human flourishing.  By this I don’t mean oxygen or water; I mean (i) hope, (ii) satisfaction, (iii) meaning and (iv) identity. We...