Questions to Job

In our series looking at questions God asks us, today we focussed on the questions He asked Job in Job 38-42. We see from the book of Job many questions (from Job and his friends and from God to Job), but we also see that questions don’t automatically lead to neatly...

Trinity Sunday

The first Sunday after Pentecost is known in the Christian calendar as ‘Trinity Sunday’, when we celebrate one God in three persons, Father, Son and Spirit. Often, the Holy Spirit is the neglected person of the Trinity; it seems that in church history, the...

Courage

I often think of the prophets as hugely courageous men, people who spoke God’s word fearlessly and boldly. They have an other- worldly quality to them, a level of sanctity which appears beyond mere mortals like myself. But the Bible is scrupulous in showing...

Pentecost Communication

Stephen spoke tonight from 1 Tim 2:1-6, which might seem a strange reading for Pentecost, but shows the actions and effects of Pentecost on believers. The Holy Spirit is one of God’s greatest gifts to us. Gifts are freely given and are ‘something for...

Revivals and Control

History teaches us that there have been many occasions when God has come in power upon His people as He did on that first Day of Pentecost. We generally call these occasions revivals: God bringing to life the dry bones of His church as He showed Ezekiel in that...