Casuarina Uniting Church

“But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take car of my needs.”  Philippians 2:25 On our journey through life, God provides us with many fellow travellers.  There are people who encourage us (mentors).  There are people [...]

“In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had:  Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage,”  Philippians 2:5,6 In the classic book, In His Steps, the writer imagined what would happen if a person asked the [...]

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.  For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.  Philippians 1:20,21 The Christian life has sometimes [...]

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,” Philippians 1:9   The gospel came to Philippi in Macedonia through Paul, Silas and Timothy between 49 and 52 A.D. as described in Acts 16.   Philippi was a Roman colony and an important centre.  There [...]

 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered.  “May it be to me according to your word.”  Then the angel left her.  Luke 1:38 Imitation, the Parkes Elvis Festival and the art of impersonation. Who do we imitate?  Who do we follow?  Who do we serve?  We serve somebody. Mary, the mother of Jesus, sets us [...]

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  Hebrews 13:8 The times sure are changing, but God never changes and nor does Jesus In the light of all that God has done for us through Jesus, the writer of Hebrews exhorts his readers to live in particular ways. 1.  BE LOVING We are [...]

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire”.  Hebrews 12:28,29 Fire burns, heats, cooks, refines and consumes. There are many references to fire in the Old and New Testaments. In God’s presence [...]

 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.  And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.  Hebrews 12:1-2a  In his book 90 [...]

By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.  And what more shall I say?  I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,  (Hebrews 11:31,32) John Wycliffe would be in my “Hall of Fame [...]

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  Hebrews 11:1 How the faith of his men in Sir Ernest Shackleton during their expedition to Antarctica was well-founded. They trusted in his promise and in his commitment and skill to fulfil his promise. 1.  DEFINITION OF [...]