Church Talk
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Friday 5 May 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
The Lord gave us the great three
Friday 5 May 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Jesus was once asked a genuine question from a sincere person, let’s read the account from Mark’s Gospel; One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” By Pastor Paul Kauri.
‘Hear the Voice of God, not the voices of the world’: Elder Wakolo
Friday 28 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Elder Taniela B. Wakolo, General Authority Seventy and member of the Pacific Area Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, counselled members and friends of the Church in the Cook Islands recently that they must take the time to teach their children of Jesus Christ, or their children will be taught by the disparate voices of others.
Church talk: ‘Remain united to me, and I will remain united to you’
Friday 21 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Adultery is sin, fornication is sin, homosexuality too is sin. All must come to Jesus to be warranted freedom from all sins and salvation in Jesus Christ alone, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of Apostolic Church Rarotonga.
God’s timeless mystery at work in our midst
Friday 14 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Easter is not a single Sunday in the year. Rather it has to be a way of life, a daily process of transformation assuring us of our divine destiny – a life in God, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
Hope and forgiveness
Thursday 6 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
The gospel is a message of hope. The word “gospel” is derived from old English to literally mean “good news”. This good news is centred around the life, ministry, teachings, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, writes Tamatoa Jonassen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Experiencing God’s amazing love
Friday 31 March 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Paul says in Romans 8:31 – “What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?”. This is a question that we should be asking ourselves often, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
CHURCHTALK: Forgiveness has a name
Friday 24 March 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Only forgiveness can set our enemies free and bring healing to our tortured hearts, setting us free from our own prison of pain, writes Pastor Paul Kauri of the ArePua Church.
Church talk: Forgiveness has a name
Friday 24 March 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Only forgiveness can set our enemies free and bring healing to our tortured hearts, setting us free from our own prison of pain, writes Pastor Paul Kauri of the ArePua Church.
Church Talk: Running away from God
Friday 17 March 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
In our reading of today, we are reminded of a man called Jonah. He was one of the minor prophets whom God had called. The word of the Lord, God came to Jonah, the son of Amittai, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” By Reverend Vaka Ngaro of Cook Islands Christian Church.
Religion and science: World in fear, turmoil, confusion and uncertainty
Friday 10 March 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features, Opinion
We can only save our world full of fear, turmoil, confusion and uncertainty when the union between the Bible and Science is strongly intact, integral and intimate, writes Apostolic Church head Bishop Tutai Pere, BA, LTh, M.B.E.
Warring madness, or a sad anniversary
Friday 3 March 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
The Ukrainians and the Russians are not the only people being hurt by this war. Possibly there are two impacts of the war that we have felt in the Cook Islands, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
Hope – even in the midst of difficult circumstances
Friday 17 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Many of us today have misplaced our hope in the things that don’t last. We have not really understood let alone rediscovered God’s purpose for our lives, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The arrival of the Gospel
Friday 10 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features, National
I wrote this muse two years ago, as we were celebrating the arrival of Gospel to Aitutaki, I thought it was worth raising up again in the light of Rarotonga’s 200-year celebrations in 2023, slightly edited of course, writes Paul Kauri, lead pastor at The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.
Church talk: The mission of the Seventy
Friday 3 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
There is no victory won anywhere by any lonely disciple, or handful of disciples, that does not react on the entire battlefield, writes Reverend Vakaroto Ngaro of Ekalesia Avarua.
Church talk: R.I.P = Rest In Peace?
Friday 27 January 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
It is false hope and false wishes for any human person to transition from this life to the next without obeying and complying to true biblical plan of salvation in Jesus Christ, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church.
Church Talk: Benedict XVI: Focusing on Jesus
Friday 20 January 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Within the excitement of Christmas and New Year, the Catholic Church had to deal with the death of a former Pope, Benedict XVI, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
The light of life
Friday 13 January 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
The Saviour Jesus Christ is our light, our life, and our way – yesterday, today, and forever, writes By President M. Russell Ballard, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Begin the new year by putting God first
Friday 6 January 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
The encouragement for each of us as we begin this new year is to be sure of your commitment to God, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Fix your eyes on Jesus
Friday 30 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
As we approach to the end of yet another year, there are two scriptures that I would like to leave with our readers to ponder along with two key thoughts, writes Paul Kauri, lead pastor at The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.
