Christmas: When God had a Word with the World
The other day I was listening to the radio and the presenter of the show decided to read out a letter that they had written to Santa. It...
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Martyn Day
- Apr 24, 2022
- 7 min
When bad news cuts across your good news
A reflection on confronting rumour from a lesser-known feature of the Easter story Our world has coined a number of different phrases...
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Martyn Day
- Apr 15, 2022
- 6 min
The Greatest Trust of All
A Good Friday reflection Good Friday is a day when we particularly recall the sufferings of Jesus. There were different dimensions to...
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Martyn Day
- Mar 25, 2022
- 7 min
God's Creative Newness
A message of encouragement from the story of the Annunciation The recent disruptions through Covid mean that we’ve all done less...
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Martyn Day
- Mar 2, 2022
- 7 min
The Power of Weakness
A Lenten reflection on how we find hope in our experiences of weakness Experience of weakness is common to everyone. Whether we are...
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Martyn Day
- Nov 29, 2021
- 11 min
The One who holds the Key
How do we find encouragement when upheavals disrupt our lives and close doors? An ancient title for Jesus points the way to hope. Over...
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Martyn Day
- Oct 10, 2021
- 15 min
Standing on truth, living in hope
This is the second of two blogs aiming to provide a clear biblical perspective on the on-going Covid crisis, particularly as it impacts...
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Martyn Day
- Oct 3, 2021
- 12 min
When the Pale Horse rides no more
Here in Auckland where I live, we have been living through another lockdown because the Delta variant of Covid arrived for the first time...
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Martyn Day
- Sep 25, 2021
- 8 min
Why I'll never be a deist
Some personal reflections on a big question I have never quite cast myself in the role of a Christian apologist before, but in more...
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Martyn Day
- Sep 9, 2021
- 11 min
Why I believe Jesus is real
A personal reflection Two different sources form the origin of this blog. One is a recent conversation with someone who expressed an...
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Martyn Day
- Apr 4, 2021
- 8 min
Before the Dawn
An Easter tale for children (which adults might like, too!) Little Sparrow loved Joseph’s garden. It was a fine garden with beautiful...
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Martyn Day
- Apr 2, 2021
- 4 min
One thing God won't mend
A Good Friday reflection We like to think of God as a God who mends the broken. It’s somehow comforting for us to believe that God is in...
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Martyn Day
- Nov 29, 2020
- 11 min
Advent: Life and light in our times of waiting and longing
Reflections on the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth from Luke 1 This blog is a re-working of my Advent Sunday talk on the story of...
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Martyn Day
- Sep 12, 2020
- 8 min
Life within limits
Here in Auckland where I live, we have been living through a partial lockdown for the last month due to a local outbreak of Covid-19....
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Martyn Day
- Aug 3, 2020
- 11 min
Plenty of room at the table
How can we reflect God’s big heart of welcome to others? I have just preached on Luke’s version of the story where Jesus and His...
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Martyn Day
- Jun 10, 2020
- 8 min
Is there non-Christian evidence for a historical Jesus?
I have recently been doing quite a bit of reading about the non-Christian ancient texts which mention Jesus. I read about these quite a...
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Martyn Day
- Mar 28, 2020
- 7 min
Lockdown Church
At a time when churches are restricted in their activities, here’s 8 things we can be and do Across the world, the physical doors of...
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Martyn Day
- Mar 24, 2020
- 5 min
Facing into fear
The current Covid-19 global pandemic is daily redefining our world and, quite understandably, an increase in fear has been one of its...
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Martyn Day
- Mar 9, 2020
- 7 min
Getting out of groupthink
How groups can avoid one type of bad decision-making Have you ever made a decision, having been firmly convinced at the time that your...
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Martyn Day
- May 23, 2019
- 7 min
When Jesus speaks of vultures
The other day a friend emailed me with a question. He’d been reading Luke’s Gospel and come across a strange saying of Jesus. Being...
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