by Julie Turner | Feb 14, 2021 | What's Happening
The love of God is often talked about and preached about (especially on Valentine’s Day!) and it’s important that we do so, because as a rule, we find it immensely difficult to believe that God could possibly love us! We find it difficult to grasp His...
by Julie Turner | Feb 14, 2021 | What's Happening
Today is Valentine’s Day, the day when we celebrate love, especially romantic love. ‘Love’ can mean many different things in English, but the ultimate definition of love is found in 1 John 4:8,16 where we are told that ‘God is love.’ 1...
by Julie Turner | Feb 12, 2021 | What's Happening
What is your raison d’être? The French phrase means ‘reason for being’ and could be said to summarise our purpose in life. The book of Exodus is pivotal in understanding God’s purposes for His people. It’s the story of His intervention by...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2021 | What's Happening
The debate between Paul and the Sanhedrin (Acts 23:1-11) does not go smoothly, with Paul effectively accused of blasphemy and further dispute between the Pharisees and Sadducees who made up the Sanhedrin over the issue of the resurrection (which Paul claims is at the...
by Julie Turner | Feb 11, 2021 | What's Happening
‘Divide and conquer’ means gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy. Effectively, we are reminded that when people are united and work together,...
