by Julie Turner | May 16, 2019 | What's Happening
Simon the sorcerer believed that God’s power and blessings could be bought by money: ‘When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2019 | What's Happening
In 2 Corinthians 6, Paul talks about life as an apostle, and it’s not an easy description to read. He talks of great endurance, troubles, hardships and distresses, beatings, imprisonments and riots, hard work, sleepless nights and hunger. (2 Cor 6:4-5) Quite how we in...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2019 | What's Happening
The miraculous healing of a lame man, a man crippled from birth (Acts 3:2), is another sign of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (described in Acts 2.) Jesus had performed similar miracles during His lifetime (John 5:1-15, Matt 9:1-8, Matt 15:30-31, Luke 21:14), and...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2019 | Uncategorized, What's Happening
I am always interested in what kind of God people believe in, for many of the views we have of God are ill-founded and just plain wrong. People have misconceptions about God’s nature and sometimes reject God only to find out that Christians reject that...
by Julie Turner | May 13, 2019 | What's Happening
A prefix is a word or letters placed before another word (e.g. recreate, unacceptable, disinterested), usually changing the meaning of the original word. I find it interesting that so many of the things God wants to do in our lives involve the prefix re (meaning...
