Merry Christmas
We want to wish you a Merry Christmas. If you are looking for a friendly mob to celebrate the reason for the season we would also like to invite you …
We are failing to educate our kids, and the rest of the country and the world is leaving us behind
The results of the OECD’s global ranking of schools is in… and Australia is going backward. We in Tasmania are leading the way with the worst overall performance. There are …
The Foundation of your Life
After six months we reach the conclusion of our weekly engagement with the most important sermon ever given… but it is clear that Jesus is wanting his words to stay …
Fair Dinkum Faith
The most important question you can possibly ask is “what is the story by which you live your life?” In a world full of divergent and sometimes crazy stories we …
Israel Folau damaged the cause of Christ by misquoting scripture this week
Israel Folau intentionally aimed a sermon at people outside the church (he addresses Australia directly in this video: https://www.facebook.com/592277641115…) and blamed the bushfires and drought on changing same-sex marriage laws …
Oh, what needless pain we bear
The normal response for anyone reading through the sermon on the mount is to feel overwhelmed by the gap between the vision of life that Jesus paints and the reality …
The way we care for our older people is anti-biblical
The front page of yesterday’s #hobartmercury declared “Aged Care Disgrace” and it was right… but the issues are deeper than simply whether aged care facilities are properly managed. Matt reads a letter …
Don’t Judge… Discern.
Social Media was meant to bring us closer together. It’s not. Social media has created a platform for judgment. It is just too easy to write negative comments about someone …
Judging makes us lonely
I came across a quote from Bishop Desmond Tutu this week: The solitary human being is a contradiction in terms. We are made for complementarity. We are created for a …
Gambling is not wrong… Kind of.
Yesterday was the big day of the year for the gambling industry and most people think they know what the bible teaches about gambling… except they are wrong. Matt points …