Learning About Time

Last night, we looked at the topic of time. For children, it can be hard to learn about time; they live in the present and find it hard to understand what has gone before (the past) or what lies ahead (the future). They are a good example of living in the present, but...

Hitting The Big Time

Garry spoke from Gen 41:33-40 this morning, looking at Joseph’s plans for dealing with the impending famine in Egypt. The change, from being in prison to being 2nd in command to Pharaoh, was a rapid one; we could say that Joseph had ‘hit the big...

Offer Your Lives As Sacrifices

Rom 12:1-2 urges us ‘in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.’ Each one of us has something precious to offer to God: ourselves! We all have gifts to share, talents that God has...

The Sacrifice of Praise

Sin offerings in the Old Testament were the way that people dealt with the corrupting and pervasive problem of sin in the human heart. They involved the death of an animal and foreshadowed the death of Jesus Christ as a sin offering for all of humanity. Christ’s death...

Christ, our Passover Lamb

1 Cor 5:6-8 reminds us of how a little leaven (yeast) works through the whole dough. Sally Welch takes us into the realm of New Testament cooking, showing us that bread was made by keeping back a small piece of dough from the previous batch, which was left for a few...