by Julie Turner | Oct 18, 2020 | What's Happening
God describes His word as a fire, a hammer and as a sword: Both these descriptions show us that God’s word is powerful and active. Fire purges. Nothing looks the same again after fire. A hammer seems a small tool, but it has the strength and power to break hardened...
by Julie Turner | Oct 18, 2020 | What's Happening
This morning we looked back at all we have learned from studying Paul’s letter to the Philippians, a series we started in April during lockdown. This short letter has so much to teach us, especially about rejoicing when circumstances seem far from ideal, but...
by Julie Turner | Oct 18, 2020 | What's Happening
Do you sleep well? How easily do you wake up in a morning? Are you one of those people who are awake before the alarm goes off? Or are you one who has to have three alarms set before you even stir? Waking up is a daily experience for us all. Some of us bounce out of...
by Julie Turner | Oct 16, 2020 | What's Happening
Deliverance is defined as ‘the action of being rescued or set free’, and in spiritual terms, it often refers to God’s intervention in human situations which would otherwise result in distress or death. We think of how God delivered His people from Egypt, when His...
by Julie Turner | Oct 16, 2020 | What's Happening
Luke spends a good deal of time telling us about Paul’s ministry in Athens, Corinth and Ephesus (Acts 18-19), and throughout these chapters we find that Paul reasoned and persuaded people in his presentation of the gospel (Acts 18:4, 13; Acts 19:8, 9). From this, we...
by Julie Turner | Oct 16, 2020 | What's Happening
In Acts 19:21-43 we see Demetrius, probably the leader of the guild of silversmiths in Ephesus, mounting a campaign to discredit Paul which ends in a riot. The issue at stake was the economic future of men who made their living from making silver items connected with...
