Voyage into Outer Mongolia

Sunday the 17th July saw a Mongolian visitor - Dr Zola Baljinnyam, a veterinarian who came to faith in Jesus after the Soviet Union split up and Mongolia became an independent country. Zola is working the Mongolian herders undertaking a research project examining brucellosis, a serious disease affecting animals and humans there. Zola spoke about her experience of coming to Christ in a country that had been under a  communist government for 70 years and systematically enforced the idea that there was no God. It was encouraging to hear of God's work in that country and how Jesus is making Himself known. Zola's visit came on the back of David and Wendy Hall, who are missionaries at the bible college in Mongolia, visiting us a few weeks ago. We will keep up a Mongolian connection which seems appropriate for a little church in a remote location. You can hear Zola's talk by clicking on the Listen tab and then Sunday Talks of this website. It has the date - 2011-07-17 at the start of the talk.

Drawings from Children of Boloco Church - 10th July 2011

The children at Boloco church have been doing a wonderful range of drawings and these are just a few from Sunday July 10th:

The Shocking Story of Love - The Challenge of Conflict Part 2

We have continued the journey and challenge of working through how to love God and love others. Dealing with conflict is always difficult and Jesus exhorted us to forgive up to 70 times 7 and to love our enemies. This is no easy task. It can only be done by the "Power of Another Life" (see Kate's message from a few weeks ago). There are key principles that we can use to guide us from God's Word:
1. All authority is instituted by God (Romans 13:1)
2. Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger (James 1:19)
3. Do not let the sun go down on your anger (Ephesians 4:26)
4. If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But is he will not hear, take with you one or two more...and if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. (Matthew 18:15-16)

The message from this Sunday (10th July) can be heard be clicking on the Listen tab of the website and playing or downloading the recording.

The Shocking Story of Love - The Challenge of Conflict

Over the last few months we have been talking together about the challenge of loving God and loving one another. Last Sunday we looked at what the Bible has to say about dealing with conflict and relationship difficulties. This was the first of two messages in relation to conflict. We focused on a few key areas: Romans 13 which deals with authority and how we need to see the authorities in our lives as authorities appointed by God. We also discussed the need to take care with how we speak (James 3:10; Proverbs 15:1) and if we do have problem with someone, we need to go to them directly (Matthew 18:15). There are notes from this talk, based on material from Mike Bickle at the International House of Prayer. The notes can be downloaded by clicking on the following link:
Dealing with Conflict
The talk also can be heard by clicking on the Listen tab on this website - the message is dated 2011-07-03