Life is a journey with a whole bunch of ups and downs. Sometimes it feels like one long roller coaster ride. But God has this habit of placing a dream in our hearts, a calling if ...

Life is a journey with a whole bunch of ups and downs. Sometimes it feels like one long roller coaster ride. But God has this habit of placing a dream in our hearts, a calling if ...

People are sometimes confused about how you end up in the Kingdom of God. On the one hand, we’re told that our salvation is a free gift, not by works but by faith. On the other ...

Faith in Jesus, salvation in Christ, is not a one-time tick in the box affair. It’s a transformed life. It’s a life that bears fruit, a life that demonstrates that our faith ...

Over these last few days, we’ve been talking about what it means to be saved by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus. That’s really, really important stuff. But then what? ...

When it comes to spending eternity with God, the grace and mercy of God are not enough! What Berni, have you gone completely mad? Of course, they are! Well, no, they’re not. ...

Why? Why did God choose you? How come He opened His heart to you, to share His Son with you, so you could be saved from eternal death? Have you ever wondered that? Why me? And ...

How much, I wonder, do you think about heaven; about the eternity that you will spend in the presence of God, because of what Jesus did for you? How much? The most natural thing ...

I wonder if right now you can picture the face of the single most gracious person in your life. And if you could say just one thing to them right now, what would that be? We ...

Faithfulness is a quality that we tend not to talk about much these days. What is it? Why do we need it? And where do we find it? Why we need Faithfulness. Join ...

The research tells us that a person is at least five times more likely to purchase something based on the recommendation of a friend, as they are in response to even the glitziest ...

There have been times in my life, and no doubt yours too, when God’s kind of nudged us in one direction to do His bidding, but we’ve found it far more convenient to head in ...

A question for you today: why, for what purpose, has God left you on this earth? I mean, if He loves you as much as He says He does, wouldn’t He just call you home, so you could ...

Over the last few days, we’ve been chatting about the willingness of a tired, hungry Jesus to reach across the cultural divide between Jews and Samaritans, to share God’s love ...

The thing I find most frightening about 21st Century Christianity, is the degree to which we’ve become tribalistic, more intent on engaging in culture wars than on ministering ...

So you’re on a journey. You’re thirsty, you’re tired and all you want to do is rest. And then God brings along another one of His divine appointments. Sensational! You ...

There are times in life when ordinary, everyday occurrences turn out to be divine appointments. And if we have our eyes and ears open, those divine appointments happen way more ...

Whether we like it or not, bad things do happen to good people. And when they do – it can be so hard to cope. Why did it happen to me? Why don’t you join Berni Dymet in this ...

Can I ask you something today? When it comes to supporting God’s work, giving towards the building of His kingdom, are you stingy or generous? Do you hold back, or do you give ...

In a world where many people seem to have more and more – more money, more stuff – all too often those same people end up giving less and less. Less to the poor and needy. ...

Death is an absolute certainty in this world. I know that’s a pretty morbid way to kick things off today, but it’s true. Death is an absolute certainty – for you and for me. ...

There are times in our lives when we need God to step in to help. I’m sure you’ve cried out to God, as have I. But what do you do when He doesn’t seem to want to answer? As ...

Pride isn’t just ugly – that’s something we see every time we run into a prideful person. Pride is more importantly downright dangerous because it separates us from God. And ...

As we saw yesterday, turning away from what we know is wrong to do what we know is right, repentance in other words, is going to bring the forces of darkness crashing down on your ...

The new year is a stunning opportunity to turn away from that one thing in your life that you know is wrong. But the moment you step out in faith to do that, let me tell you, the ...

Contentment is something of a “Holy Grail” for many a person. Why can’t I be at peace? Why don’t I have that quiet, warm sense of contentment? Those are questions that ...

It’s one thing for us to have a plan for our lives, that’s a good thing. It’s a discipline of thinking and praying through what God’s calling us into in this year ahead. ...

Well, here we are! A happy new year to you. Of course, to a great degree, your happiness this year is out of your control. But then again, sometimes, our unhappiness is our own ...

One of the things that truly drives me crazy is that the things my parents used to tell me back when I was a teenager, the things I rolled my eyes at, yep, you guessed it. They ...

Yesterday we talked about leaving our sin behind. About “repenting”, doing the right thing instead of the wrong thing over and over again. But the problem with that is that it ...

You know what they say: the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and yet expecting a different result. Crazy, right? And crazy though it might be, ...

Whether this past year has been a great one, an ordinary one or a downright shocker of a year for you, the fact remains that it’s pretty much done and dusted. Never to be ...

Well, here we are it’s just after Christmas, again! A time of rest for many, getting over all the celebrations. A family day for others. And for most of us, in one way or ...

Contentment is something of a “Holy Grail” for many a person. Why can’t I be at peace? Why don’t I have that quiet, warm sense of contentment? Those are questions that ...

Contentment is something of a “Holy Grail” for many a person. Why can’t I be at peace? Why don’t I have that quiet, warm sense of contentment? Those are questions that ...

Well, that’s it. Christmas is done and dusted, over for another year. But as you recover from all the hoopla, the food and the drink, there’s something I’d like to share ...

Well, a merry Christmas to you. Wherever you are, however, you’re celebrating it, may the Lord bless you as you remember that He came to this earth to save you from your sin. ...

Today, right around the world, children will be leaving a glass of milk and some cookies out for Santa, with great hopes and expectations of the gifts that he’ll leave under the ...

Early in the morning when I was sitting in my study, pecking away at my computer, preparing this message, it was bucketing down rain just outside my window. That got me thinking. ...

When you think about it, the tradition of putting presents under the Christmas tree is rather an odd way to celebrate the birth of Jesus into this world. Truly odd. We’ve all ...

Whilst ‘freedom’ is not a word that we generally associate with Christmas, the fact is that it lies at the very heart of the Christmas story. Back in the days when Jesus was ...

Christmas is a funny time. It’s been a busy year. Down to the wire. So many of us approach Christmas with mixed feelings. Why don’t you join Berni this week – ...

As we turn the corner into this Christmas week, some people are looking forward to a great family celebration. Others, not so much. Today would have been my sister’s sixty-fifth ...

Christmas is just around the corner and it’s a great celebration. Absolutely, the coming of the Jesus, the Saviour of the world, is something that’s definitely worth ...

Christmas is just around the corner and over this past week or so we’ve heard, from Jesus’ own lips, that unless you’re born again you cannot enter the Kingdom of God. And ...

Why did Jesus come to this earth? Why is it that in a week or so we’ll be celebrating His coming in the form of Christmas? Why? Over the past few days we’ve seen that the ...

The question that always rattled around in my mind in the early days of believing in Jesus, was this: why is Jesus necessary in my relationship with God? Why Christmas, why ...

The Holy Spirit is given to those who believe in Jesus to give us the power to become all that He made us to be. But who is He, this Holy Spirit and how does He operate? So ...

So we’re chatting this week about why Jesus came to this earth, why this whole Christmas thing happened in the first place. So let’s dive back into Jesus’ own explanation as ...

As we begin to turn our minds towards Christmas, perhaps it’d be timely for us this week to think about why God sent His Son into this world, in that stable in Bethlehem. And ...

Christmas is a funny time. We know it has some meaning, but – well, it’s so hectic heading into Christmas, who’s got time for “meaning”. But Christmas is the time we ...

Evil comes at us in many different forms in this world. But somehow, there’s always one thing that lies right at the heart, at the core of evil. And that one thing is pride. ...

There is a pandemic unfolding amongst God’s people, well, not just unfolding, it’s spreading like wildfire through His house, claiming countless unwitting souls. It’s a ...

When you think about it, there’s a lot of shallow love going round these days. But the more you think about it, love that pretends to be love, isn’t love at all. All that ...

One of the great tragedies playing itself out here in the 21st Century is that with so many faces buried in the seductive glow of smartphone screens, we’ve stopped seeing the ...

Anyone who’s set their heart like flint to follow hard after Jesus, wherever He may lead, whatever it may cost, knows that it can be, well, a lonely journey some days. But ...

Our enemy, the devil, seems to have found so many ways to attack our faith. Be it through temptation, persecution or simply the subtle social influences in which we find ourselves ...

Life on this earth is far from perfect. We have great days and good days to be sure, but there are also bad days and indeed, downright awful days. They seem to come in seasons. ...

Each year millions of people – yes, literally millions – hear the good news of Jesus through the ministry of Christianityworks. And as you can imagine we receive lots of ...

Some would have us believe that following Jesus means wall to wall miracles in our lives. Back-to-back breakthroughs. Each post a winner. And that would be great, except that’s ...

Some years ago I had a neighbour who drove me absolutely mad. He belittled my faith and somehow, every time I saw him, he had to say something derogatory. Some little jab just to ...

Doubt is something that strikes each one of us from time to time. Self-doubt, sure, but also doubt in God. Doubt that He will do what He says He’ll do. Doubt that we will, one ...

The idea of taking a step of faith, well, that seems like a good idea, doesn’t it? Until the storm clouds roll in. Until the ocean is foaming and your tiny boat is pitching. ...

I don’t know about you but a lack of faith, a lack of trust, in God is something that I don’t want to have. And yet, it’s something that lurks there in the background for ...

We know that we should have faith in Jesus. We know that we’re meant to trust Him in good times and in bad. But when times are bad, what we know, sometimes, doesn’t seem to ...

Jesus places rather a high premium on faith – or more specifically, us putting our faith in Him, our trust in Him, particularly in those times when it’s difficult for us to do ...

Each year millions of people – yes, literally millions – hear the good news of Jesus through the ministry of Christianityworks. And as you can imagine we receive lots of ...

The years roll by so quickly. And then, as we head into December and look at Christmas, then New Year, it’s a bit like, well, what’s it all about? Why am I doing this? What ...

So, what’s your favourite trinket or bauble that the world dangles under your nose? Clothes, cars, holidays … or perhaps it’s an attitude or belief or behaviour that’s ...

So, everything’s going along just fine in your world and in your relationships (which are such a huge part of your world) when all of a sudden, whoompa! A major argument breaks ...

Yesterday we chatted about the uncommon wisdom that we need in order to navigate conflict in a godly way. The wisdom of God that’s available to you and me. The problem is though ...

Can I ask you, when was the last time that you were involved with a bunch of people who were in open conflict? People who were arguing about this or that, who couldn’t seem to ...

Rebelling against God quite often doesn’t start with some big thing. Sure it does sometimes, but more often than not, it begins with one or two little compromises that end up ...

So, I’m sitting in a Bible study the other day with a bunch of people that I don’t know all that well, yet. And one woman declared, “We are all children of God. Every person ...

When things go wrong in our lives, I mean badly wrong, one of our most common reactions is to blame others. It’s everybody else’s fault, perhaps even God’s, certainly not ...

What a tragedy it is seeing so many people pouring their lives into so many things, that at the end of the day, aren’t worth having. The father who sacrifices his life to ...

One of the things that we all crave is a sense of purpose. A sense that there’s something beyond the whole “healthy, wealthy and wise” mantra of this age. A sense that our ...

One of the consequences of the rising tide of evil in this world is that the truth is being eroded, just as the waves of the ocean carve into and undermine the cliffs along the ...

You may have noticed that this week, we’ve had a bit of a focus on this whole subject of the creeping evil, the darkness that seems to be enveloping our world and threatening ...

Can I ask you today to think about the last time that evil raised its ugly head in your life? Perhaps it was something that you did to someone else or the other way around. Some ...

Confronted as we are on a daily basis, by the evil that seems to be taking over the world, it’s all too easy to feel, in fact to believe, that we’re powerless to do anything ...

As darkness creeps across the globe, as this shroud of abject evil covers the hearts of men and women, even children, in a way that it’s never done before many of God’s own ...

There’s simply no doubt that we live in a world of creeping darkness. More and more, abject evil seems to be enveloping this world. It’s a reality that leaves many of God’s ...

What a tragedy it is seeing so many people pouring their lives into so many things, that at the end of the day, aren’t worth having. The father who sacrifices his life to his ...

Have you ever felt, well, insignificant? This sense that other people seem to be powering on with God, but He’s somehow forgotten about you, left you on the shelf? Of all the ...

It’s possible to believe that Jesus died and rose again for us, but not trust in God amidst the cut and thrust of life. So how do you trust in God when you’re between a rock ...

One of the things that happens when we become so preoccupied with the realities of the here and now, is that we stop trusting in God. And that, that’s a big mistake. I’ve been ...

These times in which we live are turbulent times – on a global scale, across society and indeed at a personal level too. And no matter how you look at it, in turbulent times, ...

Yesterday we chatted about the reality that sometimes, we can wander off the path in our faith walk and end up not even knowing anymore whether we’re still saved. Today, I want ...

I strongly suspect that there’s a point in every person’s faith walk, at which we kind of wander off the path. Drift away from our relationship with Jesus. There certainly has ...

To be sure, some of the things that God has to say are at the very least inconvenient and often downright offensive to our worldly sensibilities. So when you run into one of those ...

Some people are Kingdom Builders, others are empire builders. For some people their main focus is on building God’s kingdom in this world. For others it’s about building their ...

I’m sure that you can think back on some really scary things that you’ve had to do in your life. But today I want to share one that really, I mean REALLY, freaks me out! I ...

Most of us – and I know this is going to sound judgemental, which is not normally my way, but cut me some slack here – most of us have an incredibly distorted view of who’s ...

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. True. Our notion of who’s beautiful and who’s not is quite different across cultures and indeed has changed rather a lot over ...

Back when Jesus was walking the dusty roads of Israel, there were many others claiming to be the Messiah, sent by God to save Israel. The question for the Jews, who were ...

I don’t know about you, but one of the things that I’ve noticed is that if we’re not careful, it’s incredibly easy to forget who we are. To, in effect, forget that when ...

Do you feel some days that your faith is under pressure? That people want to silence you, belittle you, tell you that a simple faith in Jesus is patently ridiculous? Well today, I ...

To some degree, we all harbour a secret desire to impact this world; to make a positive difference in the lives of those around us. But how do you actually do that in a world that ...

Some people are kingdom builders, others are empire builders. For some people, their main focus is on building God’s kingdom in this world. For others, it’s about building ...