A Chapter Of Questions (2)

The next series of questions in Luke 6 focuses on our response to other people. “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even...

A Chapter Of Questions

It’s always fascinating to learn the collective nouns for groups of animals. Most people are familiar with ‘a pride of lions’, but did you know about ‘a bike of bees’ or ‘a congregation of alligators’? Luke 6 is so full of questions that we might call it ‘a chapter of...

Meeting The Need

Garry spoke this morning from Gen 41:53-57, looking at how Joseph met the needs of people through the seven years of famine. This was possible because of the dream which God gave to Pharaoh and which Joseph interpreted, which meant that during the seven years of...

A Voice That Speaks

As we continued our Bible studies on ‘the end of the world as we know it’, we looked at the start of Revelation 1, the introduction to possibly the most misunderstood book in the Bible. A ‘revelation’ (or ‘apocalypse’) simply means an unveiling, and in this book, a...

Rising From The Ashes

Yesterday a young girl asked me if there was a phoenix at Phoenix Park – an excellent question which made me realise how much I take for granted and how much I need to teach the younger generation about our local history. The phoenix is an immortal bird...