by Julie Turner | Mar 25, 2021 | What's Happening
The Bible calls people to obey civil authorities as God’s representatives on earth (see Romans 13), but also makes it clear that God’s laws supersede civil laws. The line between the two can cause clashes, for God’s kingdom is very different from the world’s ways of...
by Julie Turner | Mar 25, 2021 | What's Happening
Both Paul and Festus (the successor to Felix as the Roman procurator in charge of Paul’s imprisonment) found themselves on the horns of a dilemma. Strictly speaking, Paul should have already been acquitted now, because he had not been found guilty of any crime, either...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2021 | What's Happening
Yan Hadley quoted a famous poem tonight by John Greenleaf Whittier: When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2021 | What's Happening
Our deliverance may be a sovereign work of God’s grace, but we can lose the freedom He wants to give us through compromise, carelessness or lack of commitment. Gal 5:1 urges us not to submit again to a yoke of slavery, and we must take the responsibility for:...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2021 | What's Happening
It was a pleasure to welcome Yan Hadley, our guest speaker, tonight after a long absence! He spoke on the subject of ‘Triumph in Times of Trouble’, reminding us of the need to be strengthened by God’s power even in trying times. Rom 8:37 reminds us...
