No Simple Recipe
For our grandson’s birthday, my wife baked and decorated a gigantic chocolate chip cookie to serve at his party. She got out her cookbook, gathered the ingredients, and began to follow the simple steps involved in making cookies. She followed a simple recipe and everything turned out well.
Crowned With Glory
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, which was launched in 1977, is on the outer edge of our solar system more than 10 billion miles away. In February 1990, when Voyager 1 was almost 4 billion miles from us, scientists turned its camera toward Earth and took some pictures that revealed our planet as an almost imperceptible blue dot on a vast sea of empty space.
Is There Anyone Up There?
By Sean Tong, UK “Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.” —Antonius Block in The Seventh Seal (1957 Swedish film, directed by Ingmar Bergman) Ingmar Bergman’s seminal film The Seventh Seal remains a masterpiece of film-making since [...]
Is There Anyone Up There?
By Sean Tong, UK “Faith is a torment. It is like loving someone who is out there in the darkness but never appears, no matter how loudly you call.” —Antonius Block in The Seventh Seal (1957 Swedish film, directed by Ingmar Bergman) Ingmar Bergman’s seminal film The Seventh Seal remains a masterpiece of film-making since [...]
Reflecting on Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan
Let's reflect on Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan, and explore how helping our neighbor impacts our understanding of the Lord’s Prayer. A thought-provoking coversation from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
An in-depth look at the Lord’s Prayer and community
Can you be a Christian all on your own? Or does the life of faith require community?
Bookmarklets
Quick guide on how to add RBC's bookmarklets to your browser's toolbar
- Make sure that the “links” toolbar on your browser is visible.
- Right click on the links toolbar in your browser and select “Add a folder” (wording varies by browser) and name it "RBC Links".
- Drag-and-drop each link below and drop them into the newly created "RBC Links" folder on the links…
Rerouting . . . Rerouting
Don’t worry. I know right where I’m going,” I said to my passengers. Then an almost-human voice ratted me out: “Rerouting . . . rerouting.” Now everyone knew I was lost!
Love Is…
By Melisa Manampiring, Indonesia Love is a word that we often hear. Everyone has experienced it. Love is a wonderful thing and everyone wants to love and be loved. Love is a part of human life. People cannot live without love. Each of us needs relationships with other people, with friends, family, and that special [...]
Love Is…
By Melisa Manampiring, Indonesia Love is a word that we often hear. Everyone has experienced it. Love is a wonderful thing and everyone wants to love and be loved. Love is a part of human life. People cannot live without love. Each of us needs relationships with other people, with friends, family, and that special [...]
Discover how the Lord’s Prayer can be used in community
We often think of prayer as an individual exercise. And while certain petitions are intensely personal, some prayers were intended to be communicated as a group!
Wait
In an act of impatience, a man in San Francisco, California, tried to beat traffic by swerving around a lane of cars that had come to a stop. However, the lane he pulled into had just been laid with fresh cement, and his Porsche 911 got stuck. This driver paid a high price for his impatience.
Consider why Jesus chose the words “debt,” “trespasses,” and “sin” when giving us the Lord’s Prayer
Every word used in Scripture is perfectly used, in a particular place, and for a particular reason.
Let’s look at the metaphor of debt found in the Lord’s Prayer
Bigger than any loan we owe the credit card or mortgage company, all of us owe a massive spiritual balance to God. Let's discuss how we’re able to pay off that enormous balance.
It’s Mine, Mine, Mine!
By Sean Tong, UK I was awestruck. Mesmerised. I hadn’t even imagined that it would be this good! After several hours of painful toil in setting everything up to be just right—speaker cables into the tiny terminals, with the surround speakers placed just at the right height, and the amplifier set to do all the [...]
