CONNECTED Adventist

The shade of colour that is picked for search listings can't be that important? Well, Google says "YES, it is!". How can we change the seemingly 'insignificant' aspects of our outreach, so that it can impact people's lives with greater results? Let's learn a little from Google's 50 shades of blue.

Our earthly perception of 'Self' is often our biggest dysfunction. The God ordained desires that we have for our life and our relationships, can be sabotaged by our perusal of dysfunction habits and relationships, and ultimately by chasing after the desires of our dysfunctional self while racing past the Divine provisions that God has to offer for our EVERY.SINGLE need and desire we have.

Well, they need both; Gospel and bread, but spiritual discernment is needed to really know if our interaction with a person is to bringing salvation to them or it may be for another Divine purpose, like helping restore their faith, in the God that offers them salvations. Fusion San Bernardino Ministries has been engaging in Divine interactions with people who are often outcasted from society. Thei...

Kezia and Catalina share their personal experience on how pornography and masturbation impacted their lives and their Christian journey, and share some aspects to be considered when creating a strong dependance on pornography and the instant gratification that comes from masturbation.

Not only do Black lives matter, we also need to value Black lives. We need to respect Black lives. We need to protect Black lives. We need to change FOR Black lives.

Attachment is a deep and enduring emotional bond that connects one person to another. The first experience of attachment occurs at birth, between a child and their mother. However, as humans, we create 'attachments' throughout our entire life. Some attachments are healthy and balanced, while others are dysfunctional and toxic. I discuss some ideas I have about why people remain in dysfunctional re...

Join Esther and Stephanie as they share their journey from writing a scary supernatural fiction novel to launching a Christian girls magazine and finally, creating a children and teen Christian podcast. There are many stages to arriving at a destination but once you reach your final destination, you know you are where God wanted you to be all along. 

We all know someone who only ever calls when they need something. Communication and a relationship that is based on simply providing for 'needs', is very different to someone who calls us because they want to hear from us and spend time WITH us. So, why do you wan to go to heaven?

Brokenness is often portrayed as weak. It can be a period of weakness, however, during the healing process our fracture can create tremendous strength. Admitting our weaknesses and humbly seeking God's help, can fortify us for the future.

Full-time ministry, and specially the call to be a Pastor is a calling that comes with many challenges. So what happens when you realise 'the calling' wasn't for you? Or at least that's what our guest thought. From Pastor to missionary to starting a church plant, the 'calling' is always a calling, it just doesn't always look the same.

I really don't like the beach but I'm starting to enjoy the SURF! How can I enjoy and delight in something I actually don't like? Christianity may be a 'place' we 'go to' which did anything for us at one stage of our life yet in another season of life, it becomes something we enjoy and delight in! Why are you drawing close to Christianity? If Christianity and God are not fulfilling the purpose you...

Temptation comes in many forms. Triggers from the past can lead us to experience physical, social and mental temptation. Things we thought were in the past, or things we decided we no longer wanted in our life, sometimes reappear from no where, with the single purpose to discourage us and make us doubt our journey, our conviction and the transformational work that God has done in our hearts and ou...

Easter and chocolate seem to be a societal norm. Some people couldn't imagine celebrating Easter without a truck load of chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies, and the reality is that our Christian journey is often attached to many traditions and 'norms' without really understanding 'why'.

The Holy Spirit presents Himself in our life in many ways. He will constantly prompt our conscience to remind us of the dangers of our sins and our rebellion. Everyday it is our choice if we heed to His warnings of protection and buckle up, or if we want to ride life with no protection until we have a head-on collision with the destruction of our sins. With enough rejection of His protection, the...

Michael has been on both sides of 'coming out'. He lived as a homosexual man for many years but events in his life led him to have a spiritual encounter with Jesus Christ. This experience changed many aspects of his life and led him to currently be on the other side of 'coming out'. Michael is now an international speaker for Coming Out Ministries and travels the world sharing his story and traini...

This episode is the continuation of my interview with Daniel and Jo. Make sure to listen to part 1 of this interview.

Adventism, and even Christianity has diversity. On this episode I invited two guests to represent the not-so 'cookie cutter' population of the Seventh-day Adventist church or Christianity for that matter. Through this interview we distilled what it means to have faith when you belong to a marginalise group, and the heartbreaking reality that at times, Christians like my guests experience the reali...

What a difference ONE WEEK makes during a pandemic!! Yikes! An update on my last COVID-19 episode and well- haven't things changed!

The necessity of Ethnic churches within Christianity has at times been questioned. However, the importance of Ethnic churches is rarely question by immigrants. Our guest is an immigrant to Australia himself, and is currently pastoring 3 ethnic churches. We discuss what ethnic churches have symbolised to both of us as immigrants and what Pr. Ray hopes his ethnic churches will signify to his youth a...

When our Sabbaths become flooded with 'service' to others, we can at times, forget that the essence of the Sabbath was not only for service and fellowship with other believers but it was also a day to rest and be still; embracing the weekly opportunity for quiet fellowship, with our Father.

The outbreak of COVID 19 has created situations that many of us have never experienced before. This pandemic has forced some of us in to be in 'lock down' in our own towns and as a result, it have made some of us to reflective on the unimaginable effects of this outbreak will have on our lives, our family, our country and our world. But through this process what impact is all of this having on you...

Many animals have a natural instinct to attack when they sense danger. Some animals, attack for the thrill of the chase. For some of us, Christianity can become instinctively defensive or 'impress' the need 'prowl' for conversations or interactions where we can attack people who hold differing opinions to us.

Society, culture, traditions, the media and unbiblical ideologies often define our opinion or expectations of what femininity and masculinity should look like. In this episode I discuss what God revealed to me regarding my own unbiblical ideas regarding femininity, being a wife and mothering.

Our faith is constantly growing and so is our prayer life. There is an aspect of prayer that has always challenged my faith; praying for physical healing. Christian will share with us how his prayer life has grown and developed, as well as sharing inspiring stories of how he has infused spiritual and physical healing into his personal outreach.