The Church in Papua New Guinea has been enriched by martyrdom twice in the twentieth century. James Chalmers, Oliver Tomkins and some companions were sent to New Guinea by the London Missionary Society. They met their death by martyrdom in 1901. Forty years later, during the Second World War, New Guinea was occupied by the […]
Daily Devotion 2nd September 2018
1 My soul finds rest in God alone;From him comes my salvation sure.2 My safety, fortress, sheltering rock—In him alone I am secure. 3 How long will you assault a man?Do you all seek to lay him low—This leaning wall, this tottering fence—And bring about his overthrow? 4 They plan his fall from his high […]
Daily Devotion 1st September
As we are reminded, this is the only Commandment which comes with a promise of a good if it is obeyed. Others of course come with a warning and still others are stated baldly as being somewhat obvious. The author of Ephesians extends this Commandment from “honour” to “obey” and introduces a counterpart obligation on […]
Daily Devotion 29th August 2018
But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints. Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving. Be sure of this, that no fornicator or impure person, or one who is greedy (that is, an […]
Daily Devotion 28th August
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Reflection There is a suggestion, here, that we have a duty to emulate our parents. As strange as that may sound now, it is only a […]
Daily Devotion by Alan Yates
So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbours, for we are members of one another. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labour […]
Daily Devotion 26th August
1 O hear my urgent cry, my God,and listen to my plea.2 From earth’s remotest bounds I callwhen my heart faints in me. O God, conduct me to the rockthat’s higher far than I.3 For you’re my refuge from the foe,my tower of strength on high. 4 O let me dwell within your tent,for ever […]
Daily Devotion 25th August
Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no longer live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart. They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to […]
Daily Devotion – this time with the reading!
We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and […]
Daily Devotion 23rd August
But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said, ‘When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts to his people.’ (When it says, ‘He ascended’, what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the […]