This week has been a tough week for many across the world as we were reminded again of the death to innocence with the murderous events of Sept 11 twenty years ago. Stories were retold of heroism, system failures, horror, survival grief, and terror. Like Aust journalist Damon Johnston “we waited for the inured, but…
Refugee Week is Australia’s peak annual activity to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and celebrate the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. Celebrated since 1986, Refugee Week coincides with World Refugee Day. I’ll give you the heads up on my journey with the refugee story… in one of my post-grad studies…
Live Stream – With COVID restrictions VHBC now meets at Encounter Lutheran College Kondole centre at 10.00 a.m. each Sunday. We follow Government guidelines with social distancing, no hugs or handshakes, registering and sanitising. The children’s program will be in recess over the school holiday, but creche will continue as normal.
How can you and I live confidently when life is so unsettled? In our text we find two disciples walking from Jerusalem with its tragedy of the cross, and were facing the sinking sun as they walked westward to Emmaus, about ten kilometers away. So today, we’re invited walk with the post resurrection devastated and…
The Justice of Jesus is the second in a four part series compiled by Scott Higgins and Baptist Care Big Idea: Jesus fulfilled the prophetic hope that God would set the world to right. We see this in his ministry as he liberated people from things that oppressed and bound them (sin, Satan, poverty, disease,…
Luke 9:21-27 (NLT) 21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was. 22 “The Son of Man must suffer many terrible things,” he said. “He will be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He will be killed, but on the third day he will be…
What on earth are we here for? Luke 4:14-30 (ESV) 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been…