Lou Di Lorenzo

I remember when I was young, life was very different.  On Sundays people would go to church, then home for lunch and spend the rest of the day with family and friends.  All the shops were shut, and there were no sports.  Today it seems that everything has changed. But…

To have faith in others requires trust. Trust in another person. Trust that they will do what they say. Unfortunately these days faithfulness is not a character trait that many seek to have. Our society expects unfaithfulness, and it is organised on that basis. Yet the scripture tells us that faithfulness is a part of…

If you read through facebook and other social media platforms a common theme arises that goes beyond mere posts about what we had for breakfast. People are constantly pursuing justice through social media.  Think about it, whether it’s political posts, rants about the guy that stole your seat on the…

What does righteousness mean in the bible? We often define human righteousness as acting in an upright moral way all the time, according to society’s accepted moral standards (which change over time). But the bible’s definition of righteousness is very different. It is God’s own perfection, God’s unchanging standards, carried…

For the majority of the past 2,000 years, ordinary Christians had little access to the bible. Bibles were copied by hand and were expensive. Most people could not read or write, so access to the Scripture was limited to Sundays when the minister would read a portion of the bible…

In a big city like Melbourne, with a population of over 4 million, one of the biggest issues people face is loneliness. It’s not that we don’t see people or have contact with them, but so many people do not have a true connection, or a deep relationship with anyone.…

In 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28, Paul encourages the church to live harmoniously together in Christian community. One aspect of doing this is to be willing to forgive one another. Forgiveness is an important part of life together as believers, as it says in Colossians 3:13. One important reason we forgive others…

We know that lying to one another is wrong (Leviticus 19:11), but what about telling white lies? A white lie is a small lie—just stretching the truth a little. We don’t mean to hurt anyone, in fact we do it so that we won’t hurt the other person. Lying is…

For those of us who are married, if you used the traditional marriage vow, or if you used more modern vows, you would have used these or similar words – “till death do us part”. This is the promise we make to our spouse. These are the words we use…

What does it mean to respect another person? The dictionary tells us that respect is a feeling of deep admiration or having a sense of esteem or of great worth for another person. In his first letter to Timothy (1 Timothy 5:3-8), Paul emphasises one aspect of children and grandchildren…