Apr2023
Hearing and trusting God’s voice
by Charles Bertelsmeier
… they follow him because they know his voice. They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice (John 10:4b,5).
Apr2023
Apr2023
New Child Safety resources for congregations
The LCANZ’s Child Protection Project Team this month has released two new congregational resources supporting the church’s Child Safety Standards (CSS). The new resources back up Child Safety Standard 2 – ‘We value, respect and listen to children’.
Apr2023
Eagerly waiting
by Dianne Eckermann
Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him (Hebrews 9:28).
Apr2023
A new relationship
by Dianne Eckermann
How much more, then, will the blood of Christ … cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! (Hebrews 9:14)
Apr2023
A new covenant
by Dianne Eckermann
But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises (Hebrews 8:6).
Apr2023
A perfect priest
by Dianne Eckermann
Such a high priest truly meets our need – one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens (Hebrews 7:26).
Apr2023
Melchizedek, king and priest
by Dianne Eckermann
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood … why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? (Hebrews 7:11).
Apr2023
The road to Emmaus
by Dianne Eckermann
They said to each other, ‘Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?’ (Luke 24:32)
Apr2023
How do I thank the Lord?
by Pastor Glenn Crouch
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice (Psalm 116:1a).