The three ages of Christianity

Last night’s Bible study looked at 1 John 2:12-14, John’s ‘reasons for writing’ as the heading in the NIV calls this section. Here, John writes to three main categories of people: ‘dear children,’ ‘young men’ and...

Microscope or telescope?

A group from church went to the ‘Big Church Night In’ on Wednesday in Bradford (arranged by the organisers of the ‘Big Church Day Out’, which this year will be on 24 & 25 May in Sussex) to sing along to Matt Redman and Christy Nockels. The...

Final signs of spiritual immaturity

The last signs of spiritual immaturity considered were: 8. Relying on outward appearances 9. Sectarianism 10. Having a grumbling, ungrateful spirit 11. Legalism Relying on outward appearances Teenagers tend to put a lot of emphasis on outward appearances, especially...

Further signs of spiritual immaturity

Tonight we looked at further examples of spiritual immaturity as we looked at leaving behind childish things. (1 Cor 13:11) Last time we looked at four characteristics of immaturity: 1. Wanting our own way 2. Having the wrong worldview 3. A tendency to see things in...