Random thoughts of a fellow traveller
For 20 years I have mentored or coached leaders in ministry, business, and not-for-profit positions helping them through transition and life questions, as well as business or relational issues. I am convinced this is a critical element in our development as leaders. I know because it is true for me. Not only am I a …
The book of Philippians is sometimes called “The Epistle of Joy”. JOY. We don’t really know how to define it, but we know that we like it and many of us spend most of our lives trying to find it. We look for joy in our jobs, in relationships, in temporary pleasure. But at the …
It was many decades after the founding of Hobart that the Hobart Baptist Church building, or Tabernacle as it has often been known, was completed. That was early in 1889 after nearly a decade of feverish activity. When pioneer pastor, Irish born Rev. Robert McCullough arrived in 1883 after a stint in Longford, the church …
Continue reading “Leaving the 19th . . . and into the 21st Century”
Go back >>> At a special church meeting a week ago, we decided to continue to pursue the vision of redeveloping our property. With courage and inspiration, we have again stepped out in faith, like those of the past, to continue the ongoing ministry of Hobart Baptist Church. As faithful stewards our desire is to …
Back to the start >>> In many ways they are like finger prints. Everybody has them and everyone’s prints look pretty similar at first glance, yet each person’s prints are unique; in fact, so unique that you can identify a person by their prints. Values are similar. Every church has values that should be common …
“What is a Christian?” asks J. I. Packer in his book “Knowing God.” His response may surprise you. Although he agrees the question can be answered many ways he suggests, “the richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father. Over the past couple of months at in our …
Did you know that over 600 verses in the Bible refer to heaven, more than 500 mention prayer, less than 500 relate to faith, around 50 speak of hell, yet there are more than 2,000 passages which talk about handling money? So good stewardship is a major theme throughout the Bible. A week ago at …
Last Saturday, along with millions of others across Australia and NZ, Hobart Baptist Church commemorated the Anzac Day Centenary holding our own service of remembrance. Our unique focus was to honour those associated with Hobart Baptist Church who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are listed memorial plaques hanging in our main building.
Back To Page One >>> From a Christian point of view, Anzac Day is a unique moment in the Australian calendar. It is a day when, quite unknowingly the Aussie psyche connects deeply with the Gospel story. Yet it is not only in the acts of mateship, self-sacrifice and redemptive suffering that this is profoundly …
Go Back >>> In other words, the context (terrain) where the church finds itself today is quite different to the past. So much so that the old ‘maps’ are more than misleading and they can easily get us lost. If we are to “rethink our stance entirely” the church needs to go back to the …