Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed the discussion last night. Thanks to those who put in questions. I felt like, while some things were made a bit more clear for some of us, there were still some questions raised, which is good. Explore those questions with your home groups, with your family members, and with the Hope pastors. Next… Read more →
Reflections
Doing the Right Thing Ain’t Always Easy
Hello again. Last night at the Living Room Gabe shared with us some reflections of his from his favourite movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Today I want to share with you some of my reflections to further some of that discussion. This will be done in two parts. pt. 1 Gabe focused on the character of Finn… Read more →
Dan Bremnes Concert in Review
Hey guys, It’s good to be back. Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve posted a blog, but I’ve been pretty sick ever since we got back from the States. So if you’d like to pray for me, I’d appreciate it. anyway, last night we were blessed to have award winning Christian music artist, Dan Bremnes, put on a… Read more →
Fear, Despair, and Confusion vs. Hope
Last night I tried to evoke our imaginations to picture ourselves as someone close to Jesus during this week leading up to Easter. He spoke a lot of confusing things about him having to go away and that the disciples will mourn him, and it’s hard to really imagine how they felt because, of course, we know what he’s talking… Read more →
You, Me, And the Pharisees
Last night at the Living Room Daniel preached on Jesus’ parable of the Wicked Tenants… Matthew 21:33-45 (NIV) The Parable of the Tenants 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved… Read more →
Re-learning Reliance on God
Last night at the Living Room (or Sunday 19/3/17 depending on when you read this) I talked about the Servant’s strength based off Isaiah 50. And the basic meat of the message was that back in Isaiah’s day the words of the prophet rang loudly because the people had stopped relying on God for their help – their basic strength to… Read more →
What’s your call? What’s your mission?
Last night at the Living Room Gabe, Vinnie, and I all talked about being “light in the world” and shining that light to all the world. Gabe and Vinnie both shared the message, pulling from Isaiah 49:1-6 (the second of the servant songs), and challenged us, not to find our calling, but to recognise it. Gabe pointed out that not everyone… Read more →
Suffering With Us: Reflections on the Living Room Week 1 Lent Service
Hey. I wanted to share some thoughts with you and flesh out some more content that I wasn’t quite able to do last night. My hope is that you can engage with this blog either on your own time or with a group of friends or your family, and that in doing so you generate more conversation with God. So… Read more →
Unashamed But Apologetic: Reflections on The Living Room, Feb 26
Hi. So, last night was a little uncharacteristic of me. I don’t normally do responses quite like that, but I really felt led to do so based on the message and content of 1&2 Timothy (plus, in retrospect, I think I have a bit of a habit to do something quite bold to introduce myself, lol). If you weren’t there,… Read more →
Word of God: the Bible, the sermon, or Jesus?
It’s been a while since I last posted a blog, but following on our Judges series, I thought it would be good to explore a bit further how do we read the Bible responsibly? In some ways I don’t like that question… “Responsibly” is quite a limiting, restrictive, narrowing, and serious word. I believe as we encounter the living God… Read more →