Praying for First Baptist Church of Maryville

Encouraging you all to lift up a prayer for Pastor Fred Winters' family and church (First Baptist Church of Maryville). Pastor Winters was shot during a Sunday morning worship service and is survived by his wife and 2 young children. The spiritual warfare even in America is getting more 'in your face' these days. Let's pray for greater protection to cover over all God's people.

Colossians 4:2-6 The Apologetic Lifestyle

Jonah 4:1-11 Do We Can About the Right Things

Jonah 3:1-10 A God of Second Chances

Jonah 2:1-10

Jonah 1:1-17 You Can Run But You Can't Hide

Waltke on the Fundamentals of Preaching Proverbs

Goodbye

Looking Forward To A Great 2008

Happy New Year

Happy (belated) New Year! How time flies. This is going to be a year of big transitions for me as I'll finally be moving out of Australia. After 6 great years of witnessing God's abundant grace being poured over this nation, I feel it's time to move on to my next season of life. I leave humbled and honored that God allowed me to be a part of something so wonderful in building His Kingdom in this part of the world.

Happy MLK Day

And in honor of Martin Luther King Jr on his birthday, I've posted U2's tribute to a man who shaped a nation by daring to live out his dream. Let's keep his dream alive ...

Currently Listening Rattle and Hum By U2 MLK

Merry Christmas

Twas a few days before Christmas, when all through the land, the lights were all glowing with a message so grand. Christ was the message behind all the gifts and the trees, with a message of hope that can set men free. For all His grace and His blessings that surrounded my year, I give God thanks for His presence so near.

Praise You Jesus, our Emmanuel, You have dwelt among men and have saved us from hell. You are the reason behind all this cheer, it's Your grace that sustains us, year after year. May your Kingdom expand and may your Church shine so bright, for You shine within us, for You are the Light. May 2008 bring us blessings so bright ... Merry Christmas to all ... and to all a good night.

Currently Listening A Very Special Christmas By U2 Christmas, Baby Please Come Home

U2 3D + Podcast Updates

Podcast Updates
We finished our series on Colossians this past weekend. You can get the sermon outlines and MP3's below.

Part 5 of 6: Living a Christ-Saturated Life

• Sermon MP3 download here
• Sermon Outline download here

Part 6 of 6: Making the Most of Life

• Sermon MP3 download here
• Sermon Outline download here

Memory Verses updated here.

Currently Listening Joshua Tree (Remastered / Expanded) (Super Deluxe Edition) (2CD/DVD) By U2 Rise Up

Bowling, Beauty and U2 Baby!

At the Strike at King Street Wharf

Our pastoral staff at Wesley Mission went bowling last week and we had a blast. Our champ was Kao Lee (who oversees the Chinese congregation), followed by yours truly, and third place was my fellow American Don Everhart. A couple of our admin staff were in golf mode, thinking the lowest score wins ... but it was fun hanging out in a casual setting for a change. I posted some more pictures here.

Hyun's Interview in ReSEARCH Magazine

Hyun hates it when I brag about her, but she was interviewed recently for a University of New South Wales science magazine "ReSEARCH". I put up some more pictures and the link to the magazine site here. (This part of the post might disappear once Hyun finds out what I did! So read it while you can! :)

And last but not least, U2 has released a 20th anniversary edition of their classic album Joshua Tree. This was the album that skyrocketed them to super stardom. Not only is the album completely remastered, the Super Deluxe version also comes with a second CD of B-sides and rarities PLUS a DVD of their concert in Paris from 1987. Simply awesome.

Currently Listening Joshua Tree (Remastered / Expanded) (Super Deluxe Edition) (2CD/DVD) By U2 Running to Stand Still

Podcasts and Pictures Update

Podcast Updates

Colossians 1:15-23 Christ Is Supreme

Sermon MP3 (iTunes) Download
Sermon Outline Download

Colossians 1:24-2:5 Keeping Christ Supreme

Sermon MP3 (iTunes) Download
Sermon Outline Download

Colossians 2:6-23 Christ Is Enough

Sermon MP3 (iTunes) Download
Sermon Outline Download

Weekly Memory Verses Updated

Picture Updates

My Uncle and Aunt from Arizona visited recently and so I was able to start playing with my camera a bit more. You can view some pictures here. I'm glad they were able to visit before we moved.

And also, my friend, Samuel Son from New Zealand, moved to Sydney last year and just opened up a new chiropractic clinic in Burwood. I took a few pictures of the opening service here. Sam and his family has been a huge blessing to me this year with their help during our morning services at Wesley. It's been great serving together and getting to know each other more this year as well. Stop by his clinic if you need someone to look at your back. The address is 72 Burwood Road in Burwood.

Currently Listening Joshua Tree (Remastered / Expanded) (Super Deluxe Edition) (2CD/DVD) By U2 With or Without You

The Artistry of Prayer

A Beginning

We began a new series on the book of Colossians this past weekend. The first part of the seven-part series, "The Artistry of Prayer", can be downloaded below.

• Sermon MP3 (iTunes) can be downloaded here.

• Sermon Outline can be downloaded here.

An End

This series should take us through to the end of the year. I cannot believe 2007 is almost over! It went by in the blink of an eye. But I am thoroughly looking forward to 2008 - a year of new beginnings :) And the photo above isn't connected to anything ... just a random picture from the Sydney Aquarium.

Currently Watching NFL Super Bowl Collection - Dallas Cowboys By Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith

A Sermon You Must Listen To

A prophetic word for our generation by Paul Washer. You can download this message and others here. A powerful experience, a humbling experience ... a refreshing time of self-examination. You must listen to this. [Thanks Sam for the link!]

Currently Listening Under a Blood Red Sky By U2 40 (Live)