To perceive means 'to become aware or conscious of (something); come to realise or understand.' Perhaps the most surprising use of this verb in the Bible is in Genesis 19, the story of Lot and his daughters. After Lot’s miraculous deliverance from Sodom, which...

This morning, at our first service in 2022, we looked at Isaiah 43:18-19 and investigated the 'new thing' God is doing (see also Rev 21:5). God is a God of creativity and is always doing new things, but so often, we fail to perceive what He is doing. It's too easy for...

Casting Crowns have a song about the diversity of the church being its strength, reminding us, ‘It was the rhythm of the dancers That gave the poets life. It was the spirit of the poets That gave the soldiers strength to fight.’ (‘City On A Hill’, Casting Crowns) I...