30 Apr Who Actually Built the Temple?
Back when there was no temple, King David realised that he lived in a palace, but the ark of the Lord resided in a tent. This was not right, and he desired to do something for the Lord. He wanted to build a...
Author: David Alley
09 Apr A Favour to Ask
Last week John Alley's new book The Testing of Apostles was made available on Amazon for purchase. It took several years for John to write this book and it was in many ways a battle of spiritual warfare to get the task complete. ...
09 Apr The Great Light to Rule the Day
"And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night." (Genesis 1:16 ESV) In the Genesis account of creation, we find the Lord working day by day to create all that exists. He didn't...
19 Mar The Surrender of Your Will
One of the challenges for all believers is the surrender of their will to God. This in fact is the challenge for all humans. Occasionally we meet someone who declares that they are an atheist, but it often seems to be the case that they...
25 Mar The Relationship between God the Father and God the Son
It is important for us to understand how the relationship works between God the Father and God the Son. This will give us insight concerning the way in which we must walk in Godly relationships with each other. We must be careful to pay attention...
18 Mar How to be a Church like the New Testament Church
We have heard many sermons inspiring us to be like the Church of the book of Acts. It sounds exciting. Jesus at the wedding in Cana served the best wine last, and so the Church of today is supposed to surpass the Church of the...
18 Mar The Dangers of Vows and Covenants
How do you maintain a revival once you have one? This is a relevant question because most revivals and moves of God are short-lived. Revival does not fade because of anything God does, but rather something that its leaders do. The is what happened to Jonathan...
18 Mar A Mutual Admiration Society
Of the Moravians it was said that they were a people “who greatly admired each other.” There was an invisible ‘something’ that this group of people had that caused them to admire each other significantly. That is very unusual! We can all bring to mind countless examples...
18 Mar Who Was Count Zinzendorf?
Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf was a landowner and nobleman in Moravia (modern day Germany) in the early 1700’s. The Church of the day had gone 200 years since the reformation and many ‘traditions’ had grown “tired” and the Church was lacking in life. Some believers...
18 Mar Congregational Government
This section is not meant to offend anyone, but simply enlighten people about a concept which is frequently misunderstood. No method of church government is without its failures, however congregational government is deeply flawed and this needs to be understood. Previously our church in Rockhampton was...