Mark's sermon tonight looked initially at 'close encounters'. Close encounters of the first kind relate to the sighting of UFOs. Close encounters of the second kind relate to some sort of physical evidence that something has been there. Close encounters of the third...

Eugene Peterson, in commenting on Psalm 121, remarks ‘the only serious mistake we can make when illness comes, when anxiety threatens, when conflict disturbs our relationships with others is to conclude that God has got bored of looking after us... or that God has...

Ps 121 is one of the most positive psalms in the whole Bible, exuding confidence and assurance. There are many times, however, when we lack that confidence and assurance and it is important that we do not gloss over such psalms when we are full of doubt and...