The Prince – and Price – of Peace

Tonight at our Little Big Church service, Garry told the story of Jed and Roy McCoy, shepherd brothers whose enmity left them glowering at each other and taking revenge for imagined slights. Their lives were changed when an angel appeared to them telling them to go to...

Ambassadors For Christ

This morning we looked at 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 and at our identity as ambassadors for Christ. An ambassador is a diplomat or representative of a country working abroad, often to strengthen economic and cultural ties and to promote the home country’s foreign...

The Return of the Ark

With Jerusalem established as the capital and David’s city, David’s next act as king is to bring the Ark of the Covenant to the capital as a way of establishing the spiritual rule he intends to bring to Israel. Unfortunately, he learned the hard way that God’s will...

We Are Children of God

Tonight, as we continued exploring our identity as God’s people, we looked at 1 John 3:1-3, which is insistent that our primary identity is as God’s dearly loved children. The Message version says, ‘That’s who we really are’ (1 John 3:1, The Message), and J. B....

Abounding Love

Garry spoke from Phil 1:3-11 this morning, about Paul’s prayer for the Philippians to grow in love, a love which abounds in knowledge and depth of insight. God is a God of abundance – not for Him stingy measures or ‘just enough’. His miracles...

You Are Being Built Together

Guest speaker Joy Gascoigne spoke tonight from 1 Peter 2:5 which tells us ‘you are being built together.’ The church is meant to live for the glory of God; individuals are described as ‘living stones’ who are being built together to make a...