Helping the poor

We have been involved in supporting the Salvation Army in Goldthorpe with their food bank for some time now. As winter approaches and the needs increase, we have been given a list of useful items to provide. This is now available within church for all members to...

Prayer topic for November: boldness

Throughout November, we will be praying for boldness in our everyday living. Pray God will:• make us bold and courageous as we live out our lives in the world, so that we honour Him in every aspect of our lives• cause us to speak to people we come into contact with...

Gold Nugget #31: God has the final word

Do you always have to have the last word in an argument? Are you the kind of person who can’t leave a topic alone and have to keep coming back to it? Do you feel that there’s a point to be scored in speaking last? Are you like a dog with a bone when it comes to a...

Gold Nugget #30: Worship – life’s heartbeat

I hadn’t been a Christian very long when I discovered surely one of the most revolutionary verses in the Bible. ‘Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ (Eph 5:19-20...

Exaggeration for effect!

In my family, I am well known for hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration for effect. “I’ve told you that a thousand times!” I say regularly. As a literary device, hyperbole (all three syllables of it: it’s a lovely word!) and its opposite, litotes,...