Fairytale Parables

‘Cinderella’ is our classic ‘rags-to-riches’ story. It talks of a young girl facing immense difficulties in her family life, being unfairly treated as a skivvy because of sibling rivalry and a stepmother’s jealousy. It talks of the...

Levitical Liberty

The Sabbath year and Year of Jubilee (Lev 25) are visible reminders that God has built generosity and rest into nature. Even the land is to have a Sabbath rest (Lev 25:4). No sowing, pruning or reaping was to take place during this year. (Lev 25:4-5) I imagine there...

The Holy Spirit… like a capo?

Some guitarists use a capo to play in a different key more easily. A capo is a device which a guitarist uses on the neck of a stringed instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings—hence raising the pitch. It effectively means the guitarist does not have to...

What’s In A Name?

Garry spoke tonight on the subject of what makes a Pentecostal church. We are Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church – Goldthorpe is our location, and the fact that we’re a community church is our mission statement (‘with God in the community, with...