Church Talk – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:36:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Church Talk: The difference between justice and charity https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-the-difference-between-justice-and-charity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-the-difference-between-justice-and-charity https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-the-difference-between-justice-and-charity/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:36:28 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273041 What is beyond justice is charity. We cannot have charity without justice. But we could have justice without charity, writes Bishop Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado msp of the Catholic Church.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-the-difference-between-justice-and-charity/feed/ 0 Church talk: ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’ https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-comparison-is-the-thief-of-joy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-comparison-is-the-thief-of-joy Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:26:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272814 Rather than focusing on what we don’t have or what we lack, let us be more grateful for the blessings we do have in our lives, writes Kayla Kaimarama-Willie of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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]]> St Joseph’s Cathedral encourages unity among migrants https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/st-josephs-cathedral-encourages-unity-among-migrants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=st-josephs-cathedral-encourages-unity-among-migrants Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:57:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272715 Cook Islands Catholic Church Bishop Reynaldo Getalado has stressed the message that every migrant and Cook Islanders should be one family regardless of their cultures and languages.

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]]> Church Talk: The pursuit of true happiness https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-the-pursuit-of-true-happiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-the-pursuit-of-true-happiness Sat, 28 Sep 2024 19:00:40 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272636 Happiness is something we desire and long for in our pursuit of life, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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]]> Church talk: Anointed for the marketplace https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-anointed-for-the-marketplace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-anointed-for-the-marketplace Fri, 20 Sep 2024 18:49:39 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272378 Initially, I believed church was primarily about Sunday services, singing, sermons, and socialising. However, I later realised that this was a superficial understanding of Jesus and the message of the gospel, writes Rachel Best of The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.

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]]> Church Talk: Nikao CICC marks historic milestone https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-nikao-cicc-marks-historic-milestone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-nikao-cicc-marks-historic-milestone Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:18:22 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272152 “...If you do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve Him only, and He will deliver you out of the hands of the Philisitines.” (1 Samuels 7:3)

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]]> Three-day programme promises good news! https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/three-day-programme-promises-good-news/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-day-programme-promises-good-news Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:57:54 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271916 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Cook Islands will join a three-day global convention this weekend, which promises to bring news to attendees.

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]]> Church Talk: Why all eyes must look to Jesus Christ? – Eaa te au mata ravarai ka akara’I kia Iesu Mesia? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-why-all-eyes-must-look-to-jesus-christ-eaa-te-au-mata-ravarai-ka-akarai-kia-iesu-mesia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-why-all-eyes-must-look-to-jesus-christ-eaa-te-au-mata-ravarai-ka-akarai-kia-iesu-mesia Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:34:52 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271782 Jesus has two distinct natures, one divine and the other human. Jesus is the Word who was God and was with God and was made flesh, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church.

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]]> Church talk: Can humanity reclaim its divine image? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-talk-can-humanity-reclaim-its-divine-image/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-talk-can-humanity-reclaim-its-divine-image Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:47:08 +0000 http://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271567 Through God’s grace we can be restored and renewed, reclaiming the divine image and fulfilling the purpose for which we were created, writes Bishop Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado msp of the Catholic Church.

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]]> Church: Trusting God’s timing https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/church-talk/church-trusting-gods-timing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=church-trusting-gods-timing Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:19:50 +0000 http://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271361 God uses trials and challenges to stretch us to our limits. It is his way of allowing us to discover our own strengths, writes Kayla Kaimarama-Willie of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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