New for old

This is the pantomime season and Aladdin’s cry of ‘New lamps for old!’ came to mind as we have been having more work done at church. This time, it was a new front doors to replace the old ones.The old doors: The new doors:

Star signs

Stephen spoke last night about the wonders of creation, especially looking at the starry host. Genesis 1:14-18 tells us that God made the sun and moon and the stars. That simple statement does not do justice to the amazing creation of God. No matter what man has built...

Who God is

Having spent so much time recently on the recurring theme that we need to know who God is (rather than who we think He is or being led astray by our own preconceptions, ideas, and wrong thoughts), it is perhaps time to restate some basic truths about God. I firmly...

When life is not as expected…

When you’ve come into the world with angelic messages and prophetic utterances, as John the Baptist did, you might expect an easy ride, a trouble-free existence. Life is rarely like that, even for God’s servants, it seems. In the second part of our study...

Single-minded, whole-hearted

After a few weeks away from James (because of meetings connected with organising the joint carol service), we resumed our Bible studies tonight and looked at James 4:1-12. Here, common themes in James are developed: the idea of single-minded and pure-hearted devotion,...