A personal statement about the experience of God’s presence and comfort becomes a corporate expression affirming that this is for all God’s people, not just for a limited number of favoured individuals. For those unable to join us at MGPC, the service will be live-streamed. The video is available at our website and youtube channel. …

Continue reading

Being redeemed and brought into God’s family is being blessed, so much blessing its like being saturated. The experience of that blessing is one of family in and abundance of all its best facets. For those unable to join us at MGPC, the service will be live-streamed. The video is available at our website and …

Continue reading

It is common enough to equate preaching that challenges people to be thought ‘prophetic’ (and preaching that encourages people to be thought ‘pastoral’). But prophetic proclamation is not a heralding of people’s need to improve their behaviour (nor is pastoral exhortation assuring people that they’re doing okay). Prophetic preaching is an invitation to turn and …

Continue reading

A sound understanding of what the Gospel is forms a reliable foundation for understanding the form and nature of preaching. With true Gospel the focus is on God, the implications of which are the basis of human response. Gospel is not a set of ideas, a precious something tucked into our hearts, a decision we …

Continue reading