What’s Happening
Romans 3
Today in our Bible discussion we looked at Romans 3 and God's solution to the problem of sin. An understanding of sin and God's plan of salvation is necessary for our witness to those who do not believe, since sin separates us from God and we need His intervention to...
Confident, Committed, Consistent
Confidence in God leads to commitment and consistency. When we are confident in God, we understand His covenantal commitment to us in Jesus Christ, and see that a life with God must bring our 'yes' to God and to His plans, even when we do not always understand them....
Confidence in God
Today we continued looking at confidence in God, and focussed on two verses: Psalm 27:13 where David proclaims 'I remain confident of this: that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living' and Philippians 1:6 when Paul writes, 'being confident of...
Talking Point
Holy Communion
In most churches there is the opportunity on Sundays to participate in the Eucharist, to eat bread and to drink wine in remembrance of what Christ has done for us on the cross and to give thanks for the salvation which His death and resurrection have secured for all...
To Be In God’s Presence
Dave spoke tonight from Luke 10:30-42. In this passage, we see Jesus and His disciples stopping at Bethany, at the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Martha seems to have been proactive in welcoming Jesus and looked after Him well. Jesus used this opportunity to...
What’s In A Name?
The Bible is full of names, many of them unpronounceable to English tongues, and often skipped over as we read the Bible because of their unfamiliarity and our impatience with lists. They remind us, nonetheless, that giving something or someone a name is a vital...
How We Got Here
Months later…
Do you ever reach the end of a book where all the strands are neatly tied together and wonder 'what happens next?' to the characters?I love books which feature the same characters, as essentially I get engrossed with them and want to know how things work out for them,...
New blog!
This blog will soon be running out of things to say, since it was created specifically to chart the progress of the church as it renovated St Mark's. Once I've got all the details down about the Open Day, I won't be posting here any more.But do not despair! The church...
A House of Prayer
One of our prayers is that the new building will indeed become a house of prayer. At the Open Day, we listed the many answers to prayer we have seen over the journey to acquire St Mark's and renovate the building, and we look forward to recording many more answers.A...