Life, death and a lasting legacy This week Ann Maguire died. She was a teacher at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds. She was stabbed and murdered by a pupil. This week Bob Hoskins the Hollywood actor also died; he

Jesus entered the temple courts and while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him.‘By what authority are you doing these things?’ they asked. ‘And who gave you this authority?’ Matt 21: 23

Yes I want to comment on the power of ‘Yes’. But first, I have a confession to make: Last week it fell to me to ‘lead’ the morning worship here at Cairns where I am one of the leadership team.

Simon? An Apostle! Matthew 16:17-18 At the start of his first letter to the churches Peter announces himself as: ‘Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ’ 1 Peter 1:1. Peter isn’t the name he was born with; it’s his new name.

‘Rejoice, rejoice,’ says a Graham Kendrick song, ‘Christ is in you, the hope of glory.’ He’s quoting the apostle Paul, drawing it from Colossians 1:27. And I am sure the songwriter did not intend it to be triumphalist even though

The madness of Jesus (Mark 3: 20-21, 31-35) As early as Mark chapter 3 attempts were made to stop Jesus working publicly. His own family believed he was “out of his mind” (v21) and tried to get him away to