Rustin Quin Our Guide God was impressing the hearts of both the disciples and the pharisees. The difference between them wasn’t that the disciples were better educated, more obedient or more spiritually wise. The difference was that they were willing
April Boyd Great Faith…Great God! When I see truely how God always keeps all of His promises to me, it WILL change my life. How great is my faith? How great is my God! The greater my God is to
Nicholas Conduit The Saviour Makes The Unclean Clean Nicholas parallels for us the disease of leprosy and the condition of our sinful hearts. Through the story of Jesus’ reaction and compassion for the lepers, we see His feeligs for us.
Nick Saunders A Samaritan Women (Bible Reading Week 11) At the well of Jacob in Samaria, a local woman drawing water encounters a tired and thirsty Jesus. Their conversation summarizes for us the mission of Christ and the heart of
Lyndon Darko The Search for the Messiah Great expectations! A promise made to the Israelites more than a thousand years before of a Deliverer, a Redeemer, a Messiah – was now fulfilled. But who was he? And would they recognise
April Boyd The Saviour is Baptised for Repentance Did Jesus need to be baptised for repentance? April explores for us the concepts of repentance, baptism and the example Jesus gave us so we could live anew with Him. This topic
Childhood of the Saviour Gabriel Conduit Potential. Not Gabriel’s favourite word, but a concept that he has found to mean God’s plan for us, the working of HIS will in us. The young child Jesus also had potential, and his
Glen Hughes Breaking Down Walls Glen shares with us a Jesus who within his Jewish community showed the world that his salvation was for all people. Our own religious outlook must needs be inclusive so that we break down our
The Lost Coin Hugo Tsanov Hugo choses Jesus’ parable of the lost coin from Luke chapter 15 for his Sabbath message as he explores the earnestness with which we must seek to find those that are lost, and the celebration
Michael Were Be Like the Father On the final day of December, as we look back on a very difficult year for both our church family and our wider community, Michael urges us to individually study God’s word and seek
Glen Hughes See Therefore they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?” (John 9:10) Glen shares with us his favourite story from the book of John that unpacks through simple narrative one of the deepest truths we can hold.
For the teen service at Alstonville (Dec 10, 2022) Gabriel spoke about the Selective Hearing we often have when listening to God’s voice, and Nathan asks us Why Are We Waiting? when the world waits for the gospel of salvation.
April Boyd Can I Handle it? April shares with us certainty that whatever trials come our way and when we have reached the limits of our own endurance, there is always strength to be found in GOD to handle it.
Anita Carvill Sparrows The love and care that God has for us is beyond our understanding. We can be confident that if we surrender completely to him, then we need have no fear. Are not five sparrows sold for two
Tom Kent Unprepared Tom’s shares with us the urgency of preparedness, it’s promises, and our gospel assurance. …being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of
Thiago Bravo The Judgement is Good News What is your conception of the final judgement? The bad news is that it is probably wrong, the good news is that is it certainly wrong. There is therefore now no condemnation to
Rob Hill To Make War The greatest war ever fought in the universe was won at the cross. But there remains a personal battle for each of us – to choose to remain on the winning side. Rob shares with
Peter Howard The Giving God We often think of Christmas as a time for giving gifts, and a large part of the world celebrates the birth of Jesus at this time – a gift from God beyond all measure. Pastor
Tom Kent Come to Me Tom shares with us a picture of the love of Jesus during his earthly ministry, and the same love from Jesus in the prophetic vision of Revelation where He is our High Priest. Wherever we
Neville Leeson Angel Ministry Neville shares with us a story of a gift of God that we rarely appreciate – the companionship, guidance and protection of angels. No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
Carel Neuhoff Christ Has Given Everything To Us Christ has given everything to us, but what do we give to Him? God did not redeem us because we deserve it: he did it because His mercy demanded it. Knowing that
Rob Hill The High Cost of a Free Gift Rob shares with the Alstonville church family the value of the free gift given to us, and entreats us to treasure it above all else.
Jono Ginn Life in the Church We are all disciples, and the mission given to us by Jesus is to use our talents to share the gospel and win more disciples for Him. Are you still willing to follow Jesus,
Thiago Bravo The Heart of a Disciple Maker Our purpose as a disciple of Jesus it not just to preach to ourselves. Being a disciple is about how we live. If our lives don’t show what Jesus is like to
Thiago Bravo Jesus Sufficiency From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?
Lourich de Klerk A Certain Man Christianity is not just a message. Christianity is who we are and how we live. In Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, we can see how love for others plays out in the way