Long-distance running

During the summer I was able to watch some of the Olympics on television and I joined with many other Brits in cheering Mo Farah to gold in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m. I am fascinated by long-distance runners. They look so thin and under-nourished that I often wonder...

Spiritual vision

To summarise all we learned about spiritual vision last night:1. There is more to life than meets the eye. ’Life is so much more than what your eyes are seeing.’ (Kutless, ‘What Faith Can Do’) If we limit ourselves to our five senses, we will miss out on...

Seeing the invisible

If we live life relying simply on our five senses, we will miss out on the invisible spiritual world which surrounds us but which can only be accessed by faith. Our senses are not to be despised (we are not Gnostics who think that the material world is sinful and we...

God’s mercy

Mark spoke from Jonah 3:1-10 this morning on the subject of the mercy of God. Jonah reluctantly gave God’s message to Nineveh (a succinct message of repentance or the city would be overthrown) and witnessed God’s mercy as the people (even the king)...

God of angel armies

I always find it interesting when God starts speaking on the same topic through a variety of people. My interest and attention are aroused when I hear similar themes coming from different sources.I wasn’t in Goldthorpe to hear Mark’s sermon on angels...