by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2019 | What's Happening
Christian leadership is a vast subject and one on which many books have been written. Alex Montonya says, ‘all the definitions of leading have one thing in common: the leader is one who leads others to the accomplishment of a common goal. If no one follows, he is...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2019 | What's Happening
There are always hard questions surrounding the sovereignty and omniscience of God. Our human, finite minds cannot cope with His infinite nature. Reconciling questions like predestination and human free will will always result in a tension that cannot be fully...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2019 | What's Happening
Waiting seems to us a very passive activity. It seems like inertia. We easily become impatient and want to hurry God along. Scripture is full of the disastrous stories of people who were impatient for God’s promises: Abraham, listening to Sarah and deciding that he...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2019 | What's Happening
In our Bible study this week, we have been looking at Acts 1:12-26. This is the only account we have of the ten days between the ascension of Jesus to heaven and the arrival of the Holy Spirit on the church on the Day of Pentecost, and whilst it is interesting to note...
by Julie Turner | Mar 21, 2019 | What's Happening
I first encountered The Ugly Duckling from a Danny Kaye record. It’s the only one of the stories that I recall hearing in this way, a combination of story and song. I can remember being utterly puzzled by the story, since even at this age I knew that ducklings...
