Chatswood Baptist Church

We all need rest We all need rest. If we don’t get enough rest, it can result in whole lot of problems for us because our bodies need a certain amount of rest to function as they should. One article …

Introduction Have you ever had a time in your life where you have thought, no matter what happens I have to do this thing? That something is so important that you would not let anything, or anybody get in the …

Publicly denounced. Trump Just over a week ago, Mike Pence, the former vice President of the United States, took the significant step of denouncing the actions of his former boss and president. Pence had some harsh words for Trump as …

I don’t know about you. But I have had been disappointed a few times in my life when reality didn’t meet expectations. This has happened with movies, food and indeed relationships. There were times when I was so looking forward …

Sheep among wolves In the passage that we are looking at today in the gospel of Matthew , the Lord Jesus told those who he was sending out to be his witnesses that they would be like sheep among wolves. …

Our view of our world When you look at what is going on in our world it is easy to become disheartened and discouraged by what we see. Putin’s war The war in the Ukraine has been going on much …

Introduction How many times in life do we hear someone promise something and then it doesn’t happen? Or even worse the opposite happens. We could say that the persons words and their actions don’t correspond. Now I’m not here to …

Handling criticism How do you handle criticism? Do you get angry when you’re criticized by someone or are calm, cool and collected type? Or you one to get really upset? Or is criticism like water off a duck’s back because …

Introduction From 2009 to 2018 Forbes magazine compiled a list each year of the world’s most powerful people. They picked one person for every 100 million people in the world. The three categories used to make the decision were the …

Contend for the faith Today were looking at the short letter that bears the name Jude. This letter is a call to believers to be on the guard and contend for the faith. “To contend” for something was to fight …

Significant announcements He is not here, he has risen “He is not here, he has risen”. I don’t think that there are any more significant words in history than those that were spoken by an angel to a couple of …

The Crucifixion of Jesus is not just a climax to a book. It is the climax in history. This is God’s perfect plan and He is in complete control. God is sovereign over all. As Jesus is led away and …

Final Preparations When it comes to a wedding it doesn’t matter how well you have made your preparations along the way, there is a lot of preparation in the last week before the wedding happens. In the final days there …

Introduction Are you good at waiting, or do you pace up and down? I used to pace up and down, but now I am much calmer. I spent too many years of my life with very little patience. Instant gratification …

1. Out of the mouth I don’t think I have a very strong Australian accent but a few years ago travelling around the UK it was obvious to everybody else. What I found interesting is that in the UK  even …

Fighting and conflict Wherever you have people coming together you expect there to be some kind of discord, whether it be the infighting of a political party or the politics of local football club or the school P&C. Wherever you …

“Lions on the loose”! “Several lions have broken free at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo!” That was the headline from a morning TV breakfast show in November last year. The police were called in to help just in case, although I wouldn’t …

1. Excuses, excuses How good are you at making excuses for yourselves? Making an excuse is often our first response to anything that might feel like a criticism. When someone points something out us to us like the washing up …

1. Favouritism Growing up my parent would always say that they had no favourites among their three children. Looking back, I believe that they really did try to work hard to make sure that we were all treated much the …

One of the beauties of the Bible is that it was indeed written by different authors. All inspired by God as we know from 2 Timothy 3. James writes differently to Paul, and this is helpful. The book of James …

1. Trials of many kinds Living in this world will bring trials of various kinds. Trials are those things that test our faith. Some of these trials are troubles that everybody experiences whether you are a believer or not. They …

1. Being eager Have you ever noticed how people are eager to tell you about those things that they truly believe in. It might be something as simple as having purchased the latest iPhone. For the first few week they …

1. MOTTOS? Today I want to begin by asking you what mottos do you know? While you spend a moment thinking about that let me give you my loose definition of a motto. It is a short or succinct set …

“She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me!” That’s a quote from the 1994 movie ‘The Little Rascals’, one of many movies I watched on repeat growing up. I’m one of …