Grow Up!

Paul constantly urges believers to grow up. In 1 Cor 14:20, he says, ‘Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults’ (see also Eph 4:11-16). We are not to be gullible or ignorant about evil (2 Cor...

Building Up

Paul tells us that spiritual gifts are given to the church ‘for the common good’ (1 Cor 12:7) and expands on that in 1 Cor 14:3 by saying that they should build up, encourage and comfort the church. Building up (strengthening, edification) is a common theme in...

Tongues, Interpretation & Prophecy

Tonight’s Bible study looked at 1 Cor 14:1-25, the first part of Paul’s specific instructions to the Corinthian church regarding the spiritual gifts of tongues, interpretation and prophecy. Having urged the Corinthians to use the different gifts given by God in love...

July Prayer Topic

July looks like being quite busy and we are very much looking forward to the Community Open Day on Saturday 9th July to celebrate 6 years since our move to Market Street. Please pray for this event which will see us opening from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., serving...

Instinct vs learning

Some things are instinctive, innate, patterns of behaviour that are not learned. Sea turtles, newly hatched on a beach, will automatically move toward the ocean. A kangaroo climbs into its mother’s pouch upon being born. Honeybees communicate by dancing in the...