The Innocent For The Guilty

Garry spoke this morning from Genesis 39:14-15, continuing his series on the life of Joseph and its parallels with the life of Jesus. In this section, we see Joseph wrongfully imprisoned and punished because of the slander of Potiphar’s wife. Joseph had not in...

Receiving The Fire

J-P spoke tonight from Acts 2:1-4 about the need for us to receive the fire of the Holy Spirit, as the disciples did on the day of Pentecost. Fire can be seen as an instrument of hell or a tool of heaven; it can be destructive or constructive. Even in the Bible, fire...

Grace & Mercy

Dave spoke this morning from John 8:2-11. The narrative deals with a woman caught in adultery – which is, of course, a sin with devastating effects – but the passage deals with the far more prevalent sin of hypcrisy. Jesus was confronted by leaders who...

Elmer The Elephant

Elmer the Elephant is a character in a children’s book by David McKee and the subject of an exhibition at the Cooper Gallery in Barnsley. He’s a multi-coloured patchwork elephant whose individuality is celebrated and who reminds us all that we are...

Set Our Hearts Ablaze With Hope

There is a line in the Rend Collective song ‘Build Your Kingdom Here’ which I would love to see painted large on the streets in Goldthorpe: ‘Come, set our hearts ablaze with hope like wild fire in our very souls.’ Hope seems to me to be the...