by Julie Turner | Sep 12, 2019 | What's Happening
We often have a very naïve and rose-coloured view of the early church, believing this to be a golden age when nothing ever went wrong. By contrast, we see the differences, disputes and divisions in the church nowadays very clearly and often get disheartened by these....
by Julie Turner | Sep 12, 2019 | What's Happening
Diversity is a bit of a buzzword in today’s society, especially when associated with ‘equality and diversity’ training in the workplace. The truth about diversity is indisputable, however: we are all different and diversity is to be found everywhere. In Acts 6:1-7, we...
by Julie Turner | Sep 9, 2019 | What's Happening
I was a very young Christian when I first heard the Michael Card album ‘Scandalon’ (still one of my all-time favourites) which introduced me to the Biblical notion that Jesus is ‘a stone that makes men stumble and a rock that makes them fall.’...
by Julie Turner | Sep 9, 2019 | What's Happening
There has been talk recently of Christian leaders renouncing the faith and in the midst of all this is a common theme: how do we respond to the tough questions of life? Christianity is simple, but not easy. We don’t have satisfactory answers to many of...
by Julie Turner | Sep 8, 2019 | What's Happening
Dave spoke from Matt 20:1-16 tonight, a parable about a farmer who owned a vineyard and employed labourers to pick the grapes in the harvest. This is a parable which offends us deeply, for the workers who were employed late in the day ended up earning the same as...
