The Return of the Ark

With Jerusalem established as the capital and David’s city, David’s next act as king is to bring the Ark of the Covenant to the capital as a way of establishing the spiritual rule he intends to bring to Israel. Unfortunately, he learned the hard way that God’s will...

We Are Children of God

Tonight, as we continued exploring our identity as God’s people, we looked at 1 John 3:1-3, which is insistent that our primary identity is as God’s dearly loved children. The Message version says, ‘That’s who we really are’ (1 John 3:1, The Message), and J. B....

Abounding Love

Garry spoke from Phil 1:3-11 this morning, about Paul’s prayer for the Philippians to grow in love, a love which abounds in knowledge and depth of insight. God is a God of abundance – not for Him stingy measures or ‘just enough’. His miracles...

You Are Being Built Together

Guest speaker Joy Gascoigne spoke tonight from 1 Peter 2:5 which tells us ‘you are being built together.’ The church is meant to live for the glory of God; individuals are described as ‘living stones’ who are being built together to make a...

God’s Unfailing Love

In our quest to discover our true identity in God, we looked today at the book of Hosea, a prophet who preached in the northern kingdom of Israel during the troubled times before the fall of Samaria in 721 BC. He was especially concerned about the idolatry of the...