Dear BPCWA worshipper, Time certainly flies, and even as I began to write this pastoral, it struck me that this is the last pastoral for 2021. Yet another year has passed, a year which for the world was fraught with COVID-19 fears and effects. In the last Seniors Fellowship of the year, I closed off the year with a reflection on our church theme, and I would like to do the same for this last pastoral of the year. But grow … Spiritual growth is something that doesn’t happen “automatically” – it needs effort. I wonder as we went through the series of messages at the start of the year, at the church camp, and repeated in several messages in

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, We will be having our Christmas Service this Saturday. Many churches and Christians do commemorate Christ’s death and resurrection. We intentionally plan many activities and meetings around this occasion for outreach as well. Yet, some say that Christians should not celebrate Christmas. Some oppose the celebration of Christmas essentially because they do not believe that Christ’s birth should be commemorated. Some quote Gal 6:14, saying that we should not “glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”. They say that salvation is only possible through faith in Christ’s death, not in His birth. Is this true? The lesson behind Gal 6:14. As always, when quoting Scripture, we must look at the context in which that

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, In learning how to pick a job, we are using the acronym PICK. We saw that P is for “Priority”.  As a Christian, a job is secondary to seeking God’s kingdom as a priority. While it may sound hard and “idealistic”, this is simply what the Bible says. God is Supreme and must be the priority in every Christian’s life. So He must be the priority too, when it comes to a job. Having established that, we will look at the rest of the acronym to learn more. I is for Impact. Having settled in your heart the priority, the next question is to check how does the job impact your seeking of God’s kingdom and His

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Dear BPCWA worshipper, Last month, I conducted a Bible Study with the Y180 group on “Picking a Job”. While this is a pertinent issue for those who are studying or just about to finish their studies, Christian adults should also apply Biblical criteria when they are considering a change of job or are moving on to a new phase in their lives. The video of this message is also available on our church YouTube channel at bpcwa.org.au/youtube. Why this topic is important. We know “theoretically” the verse that “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” (1 Cor 10:31). However, we often think that eating and drinking is so “simple” and

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