April Prayer Topic

Throughout April we’ll be praying especially for families: our own families and families of people we know. There is so much pressure on families these days: financial pressure, emotional pressure, time pressure, to name but a few. The family is God’s idea...

Dwelling in God’s House

Mark spoke about living in God’s presence this morning at Cherry Tree Court. If you want to meet someone famous, you usually have to wait for an invitation or go to a particular place where you may meet that person. God extends an open invitation to each one of...

Allusion & identity

I’m reading a book on Revelation at the moment, and in it the author is talking about the number of biblical allusions in that book. John is soaked in Scripture and it’s not really possible to read Revelation properly unless we too catch these allusions....

The Joy of the Blues

The blues are a particular genre of music which I like and so it was a great privilege last night to visit Harrogate to listen to Bryn Haworth, another of my favourite Christian musicians. Bryn Haworth is originally from Lancashire, a musician who has worked with all...

How do you receive spiritual gifts?

Tonight’s Bible study (looking at 1 Cor 12:1-11) looked at the practical question ‘How do you receive spiritual gifts?’ In actual fact, this was not the problem the Corinthians had, for Paul wrote to them on how to use the spiritual gifts they had...