In this bible talk from Hosea chapter 14 by Matt Simpson, we’ll be hearing about what it means to really repent of sin. What we’ll come to know is that real repentance is the key that unlocks the door to a restored relationship with God.
Key Verse
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins [...]

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I reckon that one of modern life’s constant challenges is to live in a way that recognises the importance of our past and our future as well as what is happening right now. It’s so easy for us to get caught up in the momentary stuff, the day-to-day flurry of activity, that we hardly ever [...]

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Some of you out there might know that at southern cross we run a preaching group, a group of guys learning to prepare and deliver bible talks, who speak at other presbyterian churches around our region. I thought it’d be good to let everyone know about what’s been happening with these guys so far. This [...]

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James Ritchie was interviewed in church on Sunday about the role touch footy played in introducing him to Jesus.
As well as learning a language (Thai), Ritchie enjoys playing sports, but these days, thanks to touch footy, he knows that there’s more to life than those fun things. He started coming along to Southern Cross touch [...]

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In this bible talk from Hosea chapters 3-11 by Matt Simpson, we come to know how God’s love and God’s anger hang together. God is undoubtedly loving towards His people but angered by sin. It’s at the cross that ultimately we’ll see God’s love and anger meet.
Key Verse
When Israel was a child, I loved him, [...]

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Our temporary move to the MPU for Sunday meetings over the next four weeks provides us with a great opportunity to put into practice what we learnt about last term - maintaining perfect unity.
Any change can cause stress and although most of our church family may be relatively unaffected by all the changes, spare a [...]

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Found an absolute gem of an album, which I highly commend: “Daylight Breaks Through - Ben Cantelon”. I’d never heard of the guy a couple of months ago, but he’s apparently starting to take the UK Christian music scene by storm.
And he should be! His lyrics are biblically faithful, beautifully poetic, and reminiscent of hymns [...]

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Read any good books lately? The church library is a slowly growing collection of books, CDs and DVDs carefully selected to help our church grow Christian minds and Christian hearts. Even if you’re “not a reader”, why not come in and browse the shelves and borrow something that catches your interest.
Here are a couple of [...]

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In this bible talk from Hosea 1:1-11 by Matt Simpson, we’re introduced to the unfortunate story of Hosea, (a Prophet in 8th century B.C.) who was asked to do some pretty strange stuff by God. In the situation God asks Hosea to live out, we see the mirror-image of a theme that we’ll come to [...]

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Our temporary move to the Mulit-Purpose Unit (MPU) from Sunday April 20-May 11 inclusive, will affect the way we do a few things. One of the most noticeable of these will be the music. I caught up with Peter Yock recently to find out what sort of changes we can expect…
So Yocky, first of all [...]

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