by Julie Turner | Oct 27, 2013 | What's Happening
Dave preached from Galatians 4:4 TNIV this morning, a favourite text of his. It was perhaps fitting that he spoke about the ‘right time’ on the day that clocks had been put back one hour in the UK! We do this in order to have lighter mornings as winter...
by Julie Turner | Oct 27, 2013 | What's Happening
Psychologists agree that all humans have a need to be loved. When we become a Christian, we discover the greatest love story imaginable.The Bible is not just about rules and religion; it’s a passionate love story told over 66 books. (I would recommend Larry Crabb’s...
by Julie Turner | Oct 26, 2013 | What's Happening
I don’t know how the division between ‘sacred’ and ‘secular’ originally came about, but I know that by the Reformation period (16th century), there was a clear demarcation between the two. Priesthood was not just a vocation or calling, it was a job and everyone else...
by Julie Turner | Oct 25, 2013 | What's Happening
This is a favourite phrase of Dave’s, quoted in many of his sermons. The enthusiasm of the phrase overcomes my irritation at the double negative (allowed in other languages to emphasise a point, but not in standard English!) I understand the sentiment behind the...
by Julie Turner | Oct 24, 2013 | What's Happening
We started looking at the first letter of John tonight, studying 1 John 1:1-4 TNIV. Here, we see John firmly establishing Christian doctrine about God. ‘That which was from the beginning’ refers not to the beginning of the world or the beginning of...
