Sucking on Limes

Eugene Peterson’s book ‘Eat This Book’ (an allusion to Ezekiel 3) talks about the art of reading Scripture and of Biblical meditation, ‘chewing over’ God’s word like a dog with a bone. ‘Lectio divina’ (holy reading)...

‘Our Help’

The song ‘Our Help’ by Sovereign Grace Kids was especially helpful in reminding us of many truths about the Holy Spirit. He is indeed ‘our help/ to understand Your word’, ‘our help/ to give us strength to serve’ and ‘our help/...

The Holy Spirit

Tonight in our ‘Little Big Church’, we looked at the subject of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit. Just as we may well have more than one name, so God has many names. He is one God in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and we looked at some of the...

Forward Focus

Dave spoke this morning from Philippians 3:12-14 on the forward focus needed in the Christian life. Athletes need that forward focus which includes concentration and dedication to win, but so do we. Salvation is not simply about being rescued from sin; it involves a...

Being Sustained

My granddaughter has just discovered the sustaining pedal on the piano. Often called the ‘loud pedal’, it ‘sustains’ all the damped strings on the piano by moving all the dampers away from the strings and allowing them to vibrate freely,...