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Archives for August 2022

15
Aug2022

Unwavering hope

by Annie Duarte

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Saviour; my God will hear me (Micah 7:7).

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14
Aug2022

A better way

by Annie Duarte

Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division (Luke 12:51).

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13
Aug2022

Please intervene again, O Lord

by Pastor Steve Liersch

God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgement among the ‘gods’ (Psalm 82:1).

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12
Aug2022

Let the ‘games’ continue

by Pastor Steve Liersch

Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor’s crown except by competing according to the rules (2 Timothy 2:5).

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11
Aug2022

Taking Jesus at his word

by Pastor Steve Liersch

‘Go,’ Jesus replied, ‘your son will live.’ The man took Jesus at his word and departed (John 4:50).

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10
Aug2022

A ministry partnership is birthed

by Craig Heidenreich

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On the last weekend of July, we witnessed something special in the South Australian country town Freeling as the Light Parish hosted some new friends from Shepparton. The weekend will be long remembered by all who were there and was filled with colour and singing.

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10
Aug2022

Sharpening the conscience of service

by Pastor Steve Liersch

From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked (Luke 12:48b).

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09
Aug2022

Whom do you fear – and why?

by Pastor Steve Liersch

I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mere mortals, human beings who are but grass, that you forget the Lord your Maker (Isaiah 51:12,13).

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08
Aug2022

A centuries-old play retold for our age

by Valerie Volk

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On a tour of Europe in 1973, Valerie Volk had her first accidental encounter with Oberammergau, a tiny town in the southern German Bavarian Alps. At once she was intrigued and it was the beginning of a 50-year love affair with this historic place.

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08
Aug2022

Travelling with our Lord

by Pastor Steve Liersch

At the Lord’s command they set up camp, and at the Lord’s command they set out. They obeyed the Lord’s order, in accordance with his command through Moses (Numbers 9:23).

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