Beyond the Pharisees Introduction It is easy for devout believers to be deceived into becoming reactive critics and cynics, as if the madness of our current culture had permanent significance. The recent forced acquisition of Calvary hospital in Canberra is … Continue reading →

Wave of Glory? Many are speaking about a “wave of glory” visiting Perth this year (https://world.prayerassembly.org). This is generally accompanied by great confusion. Our real state before God is expounded in the teaching below. Introduction I had a long and … Continue reading →

Indigenous: the missing Voice of the LORD (Noel Blyth and Robert Capp, cited below, were long term missionaries to Aboriginal people.) Introduction Most of us have never heard an Aboriginal person preach or prophesy. And amidst much longing for an … Continue reading →

Confession Community and Revival   Aflame Church Perth 5/6/23 https://youtu.be/4OBL18vsdHo Introduction I have been asked by my old friends (Pastors) Jimmy and Evelin to give an “exaltation message on prayer for revival”. Such a message could lead in two possible directions. … Continue reading →

Growing Older and Growing Younger Introduction I came to Christ 50 years ago during a globalised youth movement which became known as the Jesus Movement. This was a genuine Spirit-led revival. Meeting Donna the following year (1973), it isn’t surprising … Continue reading →

Simple “Only God” A Dream to Expound In the dream I was working with a team to solve a simple legal case, the complexities of the law, imaged by countless filing cabinets, meant it had to be. The context of … Continue reading →

Holy Communion Introduction Most contemporary believers lack a clear sense of personal/covenantal covenant identity. This is clearest in our common attitude to the Holy Communion/Lord’s Supper. Whilst Scripture sees this sacrament as uniting us with God in Christ. “The cup … Continue reading →

The Disciplines of the Father  7. Unfolding the Plan Reading https://youtu.be/FfRVgilc9sY Eph 1:1-10  [] = excluded from verbal presentation * = read footnote Introduction Since “the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.” (Amos … Continue reading →

A Different Vision of Power Background This article was provoked by the grief and shock I endured in witnessing petty senseless squabbling by mature Christian leaders in a Zoom call dedicated to calling Australia to repentance. The infighting was about … Continue reading →

Disciplines of the Father 6 Reading Rom 8:16-39               [] below = omitted from presentation The Discipline of Suffering   https://youtu.be/o56_HRMF4-g Introduction The seeming inevitability of suffering has given birth to some of the world’s greatest religions[1], with the advance of … Continue reading →

Judge Not Ps 23; 1 Sam 16:1-13; Eph 5:8-14; Matt 7:1-6 Introduction  https://youtu.be/d6O4xcTnZXw Today’s teaching from the Sermon on the Mount is designed to embarrass us.[1] Our Old Testament reading helpfully points us to the thrust of Jesus teaching. When … Continue reading →

The Fear of the Lord and Clarity of Vision Introduction I am a by nature a low-key reserved person who avoids the melodramatic, but some intense things have been happening indicating a major shift in the heavenly places above our … Continue reading →

The Disciplines of the Father Readings  https://youtu.be/7GWSuPsayls John 15:12-17 [] = not spoken * = included in verbal presentation 4. Jesus’ Friends    Introduction Nothing in the life of Jesus is accidental or without purpose, including how his Father worked … Continue reading →

Wisdom in a Solomonic Age (Shame and the Silence of 666: Solomon Like Blindness) Introduction I’ve omg struggled with the contradictory biblical image of Solomon. How can you equate the tyrannical, militaristic, sex maniac of 1 Kings 10-11:42 with the … Continue reading →

The Disciplines of the Father Readings Eph 5:18-33 [] below are omitted from speaking form of sermon * = footnotes to be read 3. The Discipline of Marriage https://youtu.be/Y222Othny0E Introduction Marriage is a very difficult topic,[1] so much so that … Continue reading →

The Disciplines of the Father 2. The Trials of Family Life Reading John 7:1-9 [] = not spoken in presentation * = spoken from footnote https://youtu.be/IhocVvXrAt4 Preface Many years ago, during one of the major crises of my life and … Continue reading →

Fellowship with the Ignorant and Idol Worshippers in Revival The Lord says, firstly to me, then to us, “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out … Continue reading →

One Beauty One Glory Introduction When “what is first in intention is last in execution.” (Aquinas) is applied to the Bible, contemporary Christianity has a foundational problem. Most pastors and their congregations are indoctrinated with a desire to grow the … Continue reading →

The Disciplines of the Father 1. The Pattern of God Reading Hebrews 12:1-11 Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR8Fj75ZNZs Whilst to be human is to long for self-understanding[1], today we are surrounded, both inside and outside of the Church[2], by evidence(s) of gross inability … Continue reading →

Weak Leadership Introduction In the midst of one of my frequent early morning times of feeling impotent and ineffective, just like the major prophets (Jer 12:1-4; Isa 53:1; Ezek 20:49 etc.), the Lord led me through today’s teaching. Its title … Continue reading →

Brokenness Will Rebuild the Church The prophetic word below was impressed on my heart on 16/6/04 as I was praying with a group of Christian leaders about God’s way forward in Perth.  The word consists of two parts.  The first … Continue reading →

Intensification: counting the cost of transformation Introduction When prophets fail to speak God’s word with divine force the Lord’s heart is “broken” (Ezek 6:9; Jer 23:9). I confess my sin, but not without hope for inn latter days I have … Continue reading →

God has Given More To Some Than To Others “God has given more to some men (sic) than to others.” (Toon) “When men (sic) have Christ they not only have everything one needs, they have everything one can possibly have” … Continue reading →

One Light “And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” (Rev 21:23) Introduction I have been working on a short … Continue reading →

Unfailing Testimony to Jesus Isa 49:1-7; 1 Cor 1:1-9; John 1:29-42; Ps 40:1-11 (Parish of Rivervale/Belmont 15/1/23) Introduction  https://youtu.be/RbGatrHvmEQ To point to the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world [as his witnesses (Isa 43:10; Acts … Continue reading →

Hearing His Voice Clearly Background Speaking yesterday with a devout Christian brother about assurance in knowing God’s will, I had an indelible sense that the voice of Jesus is distinct and unique. Meditating on this has flowed into the teaching … Continue reading →

The Baptism of Jesus Ps 29; Isa 42:1-9; Acts 10:33-43; Matt 3:13-17 Introduction https://youtu.be/epPZiFCzMTg Let me begin with a few assumptions: we have all been baptised, few of us can recall that event, and none of us have fully appropriated … Continue reading →

Epiphany 1/1/2023 Isa 63:7-9; Heb 2:10-18; Matt 2:1-12 Ps 148 Introduction  https://youtu.be/hw_7gJ53Lkc Today, is the feast of the Epiphany. A Greek word (epipháneia), meaning manifestation or appearance (cf. 2 Tim 1:10), a day when we celebrate the revelation of God … Continue reading →

Vision 2023: Strengthened through Love by prayer Introduction The above title might sound grandiose, but since its content is a truth we “have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another” (1 John 3:11 cf. John 1:1), it … Continue reading →

Christmas 2022: Something Worth Dying For “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with … Continue reading →