What’s Happening
The Words of Jesus
In our new Bible study series on the words of Jesus, we looked at the fact that the Bible describes Jesus as the Word (see John 1) and that God uses words powerfully, something we first see in creation (Genesis 1-2, when we read repeatedly ‘God said…’ in the creation...
We are Believers
Tonight we looked at the fact that our identity as God's people is that of believers. Jesus was asked 'What must we do to do the work God requires?' (John 6:28) and HIs answer was that the work of God is to believe in the One He has sent. (John 6:29) Our identity is...
The Bible
Yesterday in our Bible discussion, we looked at the importance of the Bible itself to Christians. This book, compiled over centuries, is the guiding light for believers and gives us God's revelation of Himself. It's one thing to know facts about the Bible (Jeremiah is...
Talking Point
Gay Marriage (2)
The Biblical view of marriage is given in Gen 2:18-25 and is reinforced by Jesus (Matt 19:3-4, Mk 10:2-9). Marriage is between a man and a woman. There are obvious problems with the notion of homosexual marriage, the first being that homosexual practice is not...
Gay Marriage (1)
Garry continued his 'Talking Point' series tonight, looking at the subject of gay marriage. Homosexuality is a 'hot potato' in Christian circules and it is important to stress that we are all sinners saved by grace and that God loves everyone. Jn 3:16-18 emphasises...
Talking Point – Islam
Garry's latest 'Talking Point' sermon looked at the subject of Islam. Headlines appear almost daily in the newspapers informing us of terrorist atrocities committed by radical Muslims, and it is undoubtedly true that violent jihad is a constant of Islamic history, the...
How We Got Here
Fabulous, filling food!
Man doesn't live on bread alone, and neither did we on Saturday! After the Open Day finished, church members and friends who had worked so hard with us on this faith journey had a meal together. In our area, this kind of meal is often known as a 'faith tea', meaning...
Names
Names in the Bible generally have far more significance than in our Western society. Abram ('exalted father') became Abraham ('father of many'). Jacob ('he grasps the heel', figuratively 'he deceives') became Israel ('he struggles with God'). Jesus was thus named...
The Photo Gallery
At the start of the planning for the Open Day, it was decided to use the corridor space to host a photo gallery to show people how the work progressed. We spent one evening looking through hundreds of photos to try to narrow them down to the 46 we could have. In the...