Listen, believe, encourage, hold firm

Tonight’s sermon was from Hebrews 3:7-19 TNIV and offer us four key reminders to making spiritual progress.Listen to GodThe first step in making spiritual progress is to hear God’s voice. Every work that has a lasting impact has its origins in God. We will only...

Sit down and shut up or stand up and praise?

Kevin spoke from Luke 18:35-43 TNIV this morning. The last time he spoke was on the healing of the ten lepers in Luke 17:11-19, but this time we looked at the healing of the blind beggar. There are common themes of mercy and praise in both stories.We are not told if...

Worship Central Conference

As you know, Garry and I were in London last weekend at the Worship Central Conference. Podcasts of the talks and workshops are available to watch and listen to here. So, if you would like to hear some of the teaching or want to know more about the kind of things that...

Light and darkness

Tonight’s Bible study looked at just 2 verses: 1 John 1:5-6 TNIV. Here, we looked at the fact that the message John passed on was one he had heard directly from Jesus and therefore the message he declared was truth and needs to be heeded. That message declares...

The Power Of Story

To my immense joy, two of my former pupils bought me a book by Eugene Peterson entitled ‘The Pastor’ as a leaving present. (In fairness, I was inundated with presents which was truly very touching, with pupils, staff and parents being incredibly generous...