The God Of The Ordinary

Moses had been carrying his shepherd’s staff, that ordinary piece of wood, for many years and nothing dramatic had ever happened with it. But when Moses listened to God and allowed Him to work through him, the staff became ‘the staff of God’ (Ex 4:20) and became...

What Is In Your Hand?

In our series on ‘Questions’, we looked at Exodus 3 & 4, Moses being commissioned by God. This encounter with God radically changed Moses and we see raw, honest communication (so necessary for all relationships) as Moses questions God and God asks...

God’s Word

The past eighteen months, especially lockdowns, have changed so many things for people, including (at times) how we gather together as the church. Some may ask why we need to meet together in person, given that we can do so on Zoom or other Internet platforms, but Heb...

The Prophetic Voice

The prophetic voice makes up a significant part of Scripture. There are 16 books in the Old Testament named after prophets (including the major prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel and the twelve minor prophets) and prophets feature in many of the historical...

The Day of the Lord – Then & Now

We finished our Bible study on Joel tonight, looking at Joel 2:12-3:21. Joel issues a call to repentance – and a repentance that is heartfelt, not simply following the outward rituals of tearing garments. As we said last time, if we repent, there is the hope...

A Softened Heart

At our ‘Little Big Church’ service tonight, Garry explored the sensitivity of touch with the children, getting them to feel objects such as an apple, onion and lemon and then placing these objects into a pillowcase and finding out if they could guess which...