What’s Happening
Living as Kingdom Subjects
At our Bible study this week we looked at the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:17-48, seeing how the kingdom of God requires radical obedience to the spirit of God's law and not just the letter. The Pharisees and religious leaders had added many things to the law, but...
Songs, birthdays, meals…
A church service has many different parts. We enjoy learning Scripture through song: 'the name of the Lord is a strong tower' (Prov 18:10) We enjoy celebrating birthdays. On the first Sunday of the month after our service we enjoy eating together. Today it was...
We are free
Today we looked at Galatians 5:1, 13-14 which tells us more about our identity in Christ: that we are free. The Bible makes it clear that physical slavery (which sadly still exists in the world and which charities like One By One fight on a regular basis, offering an...
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...