One Size Doesn’t Fit All

We live in an age when ‘one-size-fits-all’ is perceived as the ideal solution: cheap, convenient, able to deal with mass production. In clothing, it obviates any need for individual tailoring to fit people and is therefore much cheaper than creating...

Serving In The Church

Yesterday we continued looking at the question, ‘What is the church?’ We discussed the ministry gifts outlined in Ephesians 4 (the roles of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor and teacher. understanding that God gifts people with certain skills to enable...

Walking In The Way of Holiness

Today we looked at Isaiah 35:1-10, a chapter which talks about God’s people walking in the way of holiness. Life is often described as a journey, and one of the first names for believers was people who belonged to the Way (see Acts 9:2, John 14:6) Jesus made it...

Keep On Keeping On!

When studying languages, the formation and use of tenses are key to being able to express oneself fluently. Past, present and future time frames are expressed in a variety of ways in different languages, with English having three ways of talking about the present:...

The History Of The Church

Today we looked further at the subject of ‘the church’, looking into the history of the church and the formation of denominations. In 1054 there was a split between Eastern and Western Christian churches which continues to this day; in the 16th century the...