Teaching Articles

We Are Coming to Sydney: Pentecost 26 event!

We Are Coming to Sydney: Pentecost 26 event!

Dear friends, We are returning to Sydney for a quick ministry visit this weekend. We covet your prayers as we participate in a prayer/outreach gathering called Pentecost 26, which is expecting a turn out of around 3000 people seeking God for Sydney. This relates to...

Heaven’s Blessing and Our Obedience

Heaven’s Blessing and Our Obedience

The timing of Heaven's blessing is so often tied to the timing of our obedience.Have you ever been unwilling to obey the Lord?Recently, I was struggling with a sense that God wanted me to give a larger amount to a ministry. But, I had plans for that money to go...

Understanding the Two Pentecosts

Understanding the Two Pentecosts

Having watched Jesus ascend into heaven, the disciples were commanded to wait in Jerusalem ‘for the promise of the Holy Spirit’. Israel's annual 50-day countdown to Pentecost was to take on new meaning this year as the disciples - as well as the entire nation -...

Pentecost: A Time of Giving

Pentecost: A Time of Giving

For many of us Pentecost is about God giving the Holy Spirit, but there is a context to Pentecost that is all about giving to God.Pentecost is a harvest feast, a time when the people made the long trek to Jerusalem, bearing with them a celebration offering to God,...

The Parable of Israel

The Parable of Israel

Why doesn’t God just place a giant banner in the sky, proclaiming who He is? Why did Jesus speak in parables, leaving most of the people in the dark concerning the meaning of His stories?Jesus told His disciples that this was a form of judgement on the people. Because...

An Unexpected Change of Direction

An Unexpected Change of Direction

After a time of family worship one day, our 6 year old David said "I feel the Lord is saying our caravaning days are over" Sara and I were stunned, as we hadn't told him a thing, but we too were feeling like the Lord was giving us a similar change of plan after 14...

Surprised by the Prophetic

Surprised by the Prophetic

Prophetic ministry has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately, with the exposure of a minister deceiving with false prophetic words based on knowledge about people that he had gleaned from facebook. Sadly such deception can hinder people from appreciating...