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It’s OK to be ambitious? Yeah … nah.

July 14, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

‘It’s OK to be ambitious.’ Have you heard Christians say this? Have you said it yourself? This is the idea: Ambition—a desire to achieve a vision, to strive for excellence and great goals—is inherently a good thing. Of course, not all ambition…

Telling the truth (Ephesians 4:25)

July 5, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

Truth is becoming an increasingly rare commodity in our world. Former US President Barack Obama certainly thinks so. In a speech in July 2018 celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, Obama took the opportunity to warn against a…

Paul the Apostle does children’s ministry (Ephesians 6:1–3)

June 28, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

Children’s ministry is exceptionally important. I can vouch for that first-hand. I first came to know Christ when I was a child, through the ministry of volunteers who taught the Bible in my school. As I’ve served on various ministry teams, I’ve…

Grace and anger (Ephesians 4:26–27)

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

Anger is more common that we usually like to admit. There’s anger in our world, and there’s anger in our own hearts. Anger exists because things are wrong. And there’s a lot of things that are wrong, both in the world and in our hearts. Sometimes…

God: Beyond us – and with us (Ephesians 3:20–21)

December 9, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

Christmas Day was almost here. Izzy LaPeruta, aged 7, of New Jersey, USA, was in her living room, near the Christmas tree, playing with a ball. In one terrible moment, the ball flew too close to the tree and knocked it. Tumbling down to the floor…

So here’s the plan (Ephesians 1:8–10)

November 2, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

In almost every area of our lives, things work best when we know the plan. Whether it’s personal relationships, or study, or work, or holidays, or sport, or even going for a walk, it really helps to know what the point is and how we’re going to get…

How I came to know Jesus – Lionel Windsor

October 6, 2021October 5, 2021 by Lionel Windsor

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…