Onward, Christian soldiers!

Stephen spoke this morning on the battle we face, reminiscing about school assemblies from his youth when the hymn ‘Onward, Christian Soldiers’ made him wonder what exactly the Christian life entailed! Sometimes, even as Christians, we are very aware of...

Modern-day moral mazes

Radio 4 has a programme called ‘The Moral Maze’ which is (according to its website) a ‘combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week’s news stories.’ I was reminded of the programme as...

What are you thinking?

The Bible study on ‘Culture Wars’ continued last night, looking particularly at key verses in Romans 12:1-2 TNIV. Here, we are urged to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. The way we think is, scientists tell us, all down to neuron pathways in our...

God’s plan

“While we may have a simple plan for our life (to be happy, prosperous, successful and at peace), God wants us to learn to trust Him deeply and against all odds.” (Charlie Cleverly, ‘Epiphanies of the Ordinary’)I was a relatively young...

The Riches of His Grace

Dave concluded his mini-series on Ephesians 2:1-7 TNIV last night, looking at verse 7: ‘in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.’Over the past few weeks we have looked at our...