Gold Nugget #29: Don’t let the dreams die

I love watching little children. They worship God so enthusiastically; they approach life so positively; they have a gleam and a sparkle in their eyes that shines more brilliantly than the finest diamond. It doesn’t matter how mundane the thing seems to us, they have...

Gold Nugget #28: Character counts

A few years ago there was a lot of controversy again about politicians and their morality. John Major’s Back to Basics campaign backfired because of media focus on its moral aspects, where they exposed “sleaze” within the Conservative Party and, most...

Generations of birthdays!

Last night we also celebrated two forthcoming birthdays in the same family. It is always encouraging when we see faith passed on from one generation to the next – the baton being passed on to our children, children’s children and beyond. Our best wishes go...

Message, Methods and Manner

Last night we concluded the series ‘Passing On the Baton’, looking at how we pass on this message of truth to every generation. The message of truth will not change over the years, but the methods we use to spread the word may well have to change. We have...

The Right Time

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...