Church Talk
Seek to know God’s heart and you will be surprised
Friday 4 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Start the year by seeking to know God’s heart in 2022, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa of the Seventh-day Adventists Church.
CHURCH TALK: Doing and becoming
Friday 19 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Every time we do a little something to improve ourselves and to help others, we find greater peace, writes Angaroakau Williams, communication director and the first counselor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Welcoming the Gospel message
Friday 12 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Opinion
I was privileged to be part of the bicentennial Gospel celebrations held in Aitutaki recently. Watching the re-enactment of the event (the arrival of the Gospel to Aitutaki 200 years ago) was indeed a humbling experience, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa of the Seventh-day Adventists Church.
CHURCH TALK: Welcoming the Gospel message
Friday 12 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
I was privileged to be part of the bicentennial Gospel celebrations held in Aitutaki recently. Watching the re-enactment of the event (the arrival of the Gospel to Aitutaki 200 years ago) was indeed a humbling experience, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa of the Seventh-day Adventists Church.
CHURCH TALK: The reason for the season
Friday 5 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
I mused over our recent celebrations in Aitutaki regarding the arrival of the Gospel and I wondered if we had overlooked something? By Pastor Paul Kauri.
CHURCH TALK: Accepting the Almighty God
Friday 29 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
This week earmarked a memorable time in our Cook Islands history to celebrate and reflect upon the arrival of Christianity to our shores 200 years ago, writes Reverend Vakaroto Ngaro of Ekalesia Avarua.
CHURCHTALK: The blueprint of Christianity
Friday 22 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
We cannot deny nor dispute the fact that our forebears were at one time or another, and so were some us today, by products and fruit of the London Missionary Society, writes Bishop Tutai Pere.
CHURCH TALK: A ‘pricked’ conscience
Friday 15 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
In recent weeks in my church, the daily scripture has been concerned with the conversations between Jesus and the Pharisees. This prompted me in my last article to reflect on the accusation that Jesus called the Pharisees “hypocrites”, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
CHURCH TALK: When you are surrounded by uncertainty and fear, hear Him
Friday 8 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Our Father knows that when we are surrounded by uncertainty and fear, what will help us the most is to hear His Son, writes Russell M. Nelson, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
CHURCH TALK: Living a contagious Christian life
Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
It’s interesting when some people smile, they ignite smiles in people around them. They have contagious smiles. If that’s what a contagious smile is, what is a contagious Christian life? Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church explains.
CHURCHTALK: Understanding our personal values
Friday 24 September 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
There is a particular moment in Israel’s history that my article focuses on, and a provoking thought for us today, writes Pastor Paul Kauri.
CHURCHTALK: The parables of Jesus Christ
Friday 17 September 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Those who understand the parables of Jesus are genuinely blessed. Not only do they gain the benefit of the spiritual truth illustrated, but they also display some measure of responsiveness to the Holy Spirit.
CHURCHTALK: Patience that never quits
Friday 10 September 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering, without shortcuts and with a mind already set on the Beholder, Creator and Giver of life, Jesus Christ, writes Bishop Tutai Pere.
CHURCH TALK: Hypocrisy – the evil within
Friday 3 September 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
When we spend time alone and quietly look at our life, what do we see? What is it that makes up our interior life? Is it love or evil? By Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
CHURCHTALK: Prevention is far better than redemption
Friday 27 August 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Let it not take a lifetime before we realise that we have been there all along, that life does not offer anything sweeter than the love of dear ones and sharing of time together, writes Angaroakau Williams – Second counselor in the District Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
CHURCHTALK: Finding peace in uncertain times
Friday 20 August 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
God did not promise that bad things will not happen to us but what He did promise was the blessings of his presence in our lives and re-assurance of salvation through eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa.
CHURCHTALK: Time pause, to ponder & pray
Friday 13 August 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Pastor Paul Kauri of The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church is using today’s Church Talk as a ‘Devotion Time’ for our readers – a time to read through the words of Jesus and to ask questions, causing us to pause, ponder and pray.
Thanking God for the imperfect church
Friday 6 August 2021 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Church Talk, Features
Grace is always first, peace always second. This is due to the fact that grace is the source of peace. Without grace, there is and can be no peace, writes Reverend Vakaroto Ngaro of Ekalesia Avarua.
CHURCHTALK: Unity in diversity – Rotai o te Tukeke
Friday 30 July 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Let us showcase all diversities of gifts, skills and talents that God has blessed each and every one of us so much with, from the different islands we come from, different cultures, customs and traditions, at this year’s Constitution celebrations, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church.
CHURCH TALK: Not them and those but us
Friday 23 July 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Our first duty as Christians is to serve others, especially the poor and the marginalised, just as Jesus did. In this country in the 19th century there was an openness to encounter and welcome the stranger. Why is it then that today there is fear and alarm about being open to the stranger? By Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.
