The Psalms of David

Last night we looked at some of the psalms written by David as we drew our studies on his life to a close. David wrote 73 of the 150 psalms, but these are scattered throughout the whole book and are not in any chronological or thematic order (reminding us that life...

Dearne Community Arts’ Festival

We had another wonderful day at the Dearne Community Arts’ Festival on 27 September at Astrea Academy Dearne. There were exhibitions of many different arts and crats. There were some wonderful performances on stage from Greentop Circus, Alejandro Barnett, BYC...

Where Do You Live?

Tonight we looked at the question ‘Where do you live?’ and saw from Ephesians 2:1-10 that we not only inhabit our physical world (living in a particular place locally) but are also seated with Christ in heavenly realms. This is not simply a future hope but...

David’s Death

At our Bible study tonight, we looked at the death of David after forty years as king (see 1 Kings 2:1-12, 1 Chron 29:26-30). This is the end of an era (if not quite the end of our studies, as we will be looking at the psalms of David next time!) – and as we...

Called By Name

It was lovely to have Joy Gascoigne from Grimethorpe Pentecostal Church with us today. She spoke from Isaiah 43:1, where God tells us He has called us by name; we are His. God knows us and loves us and wants us; we are chosen by Him. It’s easy to apply this...

More Than Conquerors

Paul says in Romans 8:37 that we are more than conquerors through Christ who loves us. Most of us do not particularly feel like conquerors or victors, but in Christ, we can thrive and not merely survive. It’s not because of our own strength or skill or ability,...