by Julie Turner | Jun 27, 2021 | What's Happening
In our series on ‘Questions’, looking at questions God asks us, we looked at the question Jesus asked His disciples after He had calmed the storm on the lake (see Matt 8:33-37, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25) Although phrased slightly differently in each...
by Julie Turner | Jun 27, 2021 | What's Happening
Garry continued his series on Joseph this morning, reading from Gen 39:2-6. Here, we see how the Lord was with Joseph, how Joseph lived under God’s favour (see also Gen 26:28, Josh 6:27, 1 Sam 3:19 for other examples of this.) God’s favour is not a divine...
by Julie Turner | Jun 27, 2021 | What's Happening
Last Sunday was Fathers’ Day and Dave spoke about the fatherhood of God, using 1 John 3:1 and 1 Cor 4:15 as the basis of his sermon. The whole topic of fatherhood has been downplayed greatly in recent years, partly perhaps as a reaction against a patriarchal...
by Julie Turner | Jun 18, 2021 | What's Happening
One of the Anglican prayers for Evensong is ‘lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord.’ It’s a prayer I often pray, rooted as it is in the imagery of light and darkness found in the Bible. Light dispels darkness; light brings illumination and...
by Julie Turner | Jun 18, 2021 | What's Happening
We started to look at the book of Jonah, reading Jonah 1:1-16. Jonah is often known as the ‘reluctant prophet’, since he initially refused to obey God’s command to go to Nineveh and preach against the city. We are not surprised by his reluctance, for...
