Pray for delegates and attendees at the LCANZ’s online Special Convention of the 21st General Synod (18 October).

by Charles Bertelsmeier

When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran. Then the men of Israel and Judah surged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines (1 Samuel 17:51b,52a).

by Charles Bertelsmeier

David said to the Philistine, ‘You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied’ (1 Samuel 17:45).

by Charles Bertelsmeier

When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, ‘Why have you come down here?’ (1 Samuel 17:28a).

As we prepare to move to Frome St, we look back on one beloved tradition of our Churchwide Office. For years, the rotating galleries at the Archer Street entrance have greeted visitors with beauty, creativity and faith in every brushstroke. But the story doesn’t end here.

by Charles Bertelsmeier

Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him (1 Samuel 16:14).