by Julie Turner | Feb 16, 2025 | What's Happening
Garry spoke this evening about leaving what we think we need, based on Luke 5:1-11. This is a familiar passage to many of us, when Jesus calls His first disciples, and it is easy to skim read, thinking we know the story so it has nothing new to teach us. God’s...
by Julie Turner | Feb 16, 2025 | What's Happening
This morning we looked at our identity as the Bride of Christ (see Rev 21:1-4, Isaiah 62:3-5, Ephesians 5:21-33). It’s important to realise that human marriage acts as an analogy for our relationship with Christ, where Jesus is described as the Bridegroom and the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 16, 2025 | What's Happening
The proverb ‘Familiarity breeds contempt’ reminds us that we can easily take situations and people for granted. Instead of finding awe and wonder in familiar places and scenarios, we often become blasé and complacent, and this can lead to indifference and...
by Julie Turner | Feb 13, 2025 | What's Happening
C. S. Lewis wrote that, ‘God’s presence is not the same as the feeling of God’s presence. He may be doing the most for us when we think He is doing the least.’ I’ve just re-read the book of Job, a difficult book to tackle. It deals...
by Julie Turner | Feb 9, 2025 | What's Happening
Tonight we looked at another metaphor for God’s people: soldiers of Christ Jesus. In 2 Tim 2:1-4, Paul urges Timothy to be a ‘good soldier of Christ Jesus’, reminding us that this is a collective description. A soldier is one who serves in an army,...