Solid Ground

At our ‘Little Big Church’ service tonight, we looked at the importance of listening (something not even adults do perfectly – we often have headphones on!) Jesus spoke about the importance of listening to God’s word (and James reminds us we...

Do you love me?

Sometimes God asks the same question more than once! In John 21:1-17, Jesus asks Peter the same question (‘Do you love me?’) three times. The first time, He asks if he loves Him ‘more than these’, showing us that a love for God must be...

Unity

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour party, said yesterday at the Labour party conference that ‘winning the next election is more important than party unity.’ He was trying (I think) to shift attention away from squabbles within his party and focus attention...

Running On Empty

Scenes in recent days at petrol stations in the UK have reminded us sharply that fuel is an essential commodity in the modern world. Travelling is a key part of everyday life in the U.K., and it’s clear that if we feel we are running on empty and can’t go...

Who Do You Say I Am?

In our series looking at questions God asks us, we looked tonight at Matt 16:13-20, where Jesus asked His disciples two questions about His identity. Who Jesus is remains crucially important; if He is both the Son of God as well as the Son of Man, then it matters...

Here Is Love

Dave spoke this morning about the way of love and how this looks so different to the world’s way of retaliation and revenge. Martin Luther King once had his house burned down. His followers were understandably angry and wanted to do a similar thing to other...