Death

Psalm 23
As many of you might know, we had a funeral during the week for one our beloved men in the church, Barry Bourke. Now as you might know, Barry was a man of faith and his faith was squarely placed in the good news of Jesus Christ right up to his last breath. It’s here that I would like to share with you briefly a passage of scripture that meant so much to him and I know that he would want you to hear this so that you might be bought the same comfort that he had in Christ in the closing chapter of his life. Read more

To Live is Christ, and to Die is Gain | Philippians 1:21-26
Our fourth week in our Jesus: Our Joy in Suffering series.

The Goodness of Death
With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.” (Isa 35:3-4, NLT) In 1789 it is said of President Benjamin Franklin that when the American constitution was ratified he quipped, “nothing is certain except death and taxes”. Read more

Two Ways to Live | Matthew 7:13-14
Our twenty-sixth week in the Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven series.

“Le Petit Caporal”
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish… (John 10:28, NRSVue) There is a bit of a buzz going around in the movie world right now about Ridley Scott’s new epic “Napoleon”, which will be released later this year in November 2023. Now the buzz about the film isn’t just because it took years to make or that the casting looks phenomenal or that the film score already sounds beautiful, but because Mr Scott is attempting to tell a historically accurate story of one of the world’s most powerful men in cinematic form in just 3 hours. Read more