Category Archives: Message
Living Well Spending Less: Part I
Over the next few months I’ll be taking you through a book called “Living Well Spending Less” by Ruth Soukup. This is a nice take on a universal theme that gets covered by so many self help books these days. … Continue reading →
Fashion Shopping This Christmas
Shop better this Christmas and help workers, the environment and your fellow global citizens. Below is the brand index (excerpt) from the Baptist Union of Victoria Ethical Fashion report, 2017: Baptist World Aid – 2017 – Fashion Brand Index
Spiritual Disciplines: Study Material
Following on from the past two weeks messages from Bron, here is follow up material from Richard Foster’s book ‘Celebration of Discipline’: Celebration of Discipline – Service Celebration of Discipline – Study
Loving your neighbours
We truly live in an interconnected world and we know what’s going on better than ever before. We can truly help our fellow global citizens whenever we shop the best we can. From Mark 12:30-31 and Matthew 22:36-40, loving our neighbours is … Continue reading →
Psalm 40
Thanks for Bron for sharing a message on Psalm 40 with us on 15th January. Here is a little word find puzzle that may or may not act as a refresher and be a bit of fun as well: Psalm … Continue reading →
The Resiliency Factor
Thanks to Bron for delivering a message to us based on the Bible readings: Isaiah 58:1-12; Psalm 112:1-9 In a way the message from Isaiah is a classic that many of us can relate to. We say one thing and … Continue reading →
What does God require?
Following on from the message on Sunday, here is a repeat of The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) that Andrea read aloud for us. The Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) 1 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and … Continue reading →
Who Is Jesus?
Christmas has come and gone and since we have celebrated the birth of Jesus this leads to an interesting question is “Who is Jesus?” Scholars and researchers alike (both secular and non-secular) could go on but here is a potential … Continue reading →
It’s Christmas Day – The Birth of Jesus
Christmas day has arrived so given it is a global celebration (even if its meaning is quite often forgotten), here is today’s post to remember the birth of Jesus. The story of Jesus’ birth links the past and the future. The … Continue reading →
Inaugural Post
Nothing to say here except this is perhaps a new beginning of a more purposeful and lively web presence for Footscray Baptist Church. Expect more news soon.