Can you think of an experience that you found really embarrassing?  

To 1st century audiences the message about Jesus was filled with embarrassing and even more offensive ideas. 

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The GFC (Great Financial Crisis) is considered by many experts in banking and economics as the worst financial crisis since the depression of the 1930s.  How could huge financial institutions worth billions of dollars fail?  How could some of the wealthiest nations on earth be in a position of being unable to pay their creditors?

The words of Psalm 146:3-4 are relevant at this point, ‘Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.  When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;  on that very day their plans come to nothing.’ 

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I remember in 1969 at Earlwood Public School sitting in my year 4 class and being told by our teacher that if we were to have any hope of good well paid jobs we needed to know our ‘times tables’.   Constant repetition aided my memory and helped me to learn.  Psalm 136, uses a similar framework to teach a basic but very profound truth that God’s love can always be trusted.  To find out more click here

According to recent surveys the average person spends an estimated 45 to 62 minutes waiting every day. Waiting can be frustrating but it can also be the cause of enormous worry and fear especially when an outcome is unknown and very significant.

Psalm 27 is a song written by a man who was in a horrible and stressful situation .  To find out more click here.

What do the following years have in common? 1829, 1844, 1891, 1914, 1917, 1930, 1975, 1981, 1982, 2007, 2008, 2011. These are all years that popular religious leaders have predicted that Christ will return to earth. 

So what can we expect to happen when Christ returns? 

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