October 2021

1. How would you describe your life before you knew Jesus? I cannot remember a time when I did not believe in God. I grew up going to church every week; I thought it was important, and I loved going. But despite all this, I had no assurance of…

A few times every year in our church we have ‘welcome suppers’ for people who are new to our church. During those times we talk about the things that define us and invite people to come on board. On each occasion we open up various passages of Scripture…

How does a pastor’s kid come to truly know Jesus? The same way as everyone else: an encounter with grace.I was born in Sydney, Australia, raised in England and am Tongan by ethnicity. All of this movement was due to dad being a Methodist minister…

One of the temptations that I think we as Christians face, more than we would like to admit, is the chasing after the things of this world for a fear of missing out. We ponder whether the denying ourselves of worldly pleasures might just be a foolish…

I grew up in the rural-urban fringe of Sydney, in an atheist family. But I had the great privilege to hear about God through SRE Scripture teachers. These wonderful people from local churches came into our primary school each week to teach us from…