by Julie Turner | Oct 13, 2019 | What's Happening
In the trilogy of films ‘Back To The Future’, time travel enables a character to obtain a sports almanac from the future and make bets with certainty on the results of matches. This demonstrates a very human tendency to want to make plans for the future...
by Julie Turner | Oct 10, 2019 | What's Happening
God is often doing new things, as Isaiah reminds us (Is 42:9, Is 43:19), something which we generally find rather frightening. Many of us are creatures of habit and we like the familiarity and comfort of routines. It’s this tendency to find change uncomfortable and...
by Julie Turner | Oct 10, 2019 | What's Happening
Opposition has become a familiar theme in our Bible studies in Acts; this was something the early church had to contend with from the outset, and this is not surprising, given the opposition that Jesus Himself had to face. Jesus warned His disciples frequently about...
by Julie Turner | Oct 10, 2019 | What's Happening
God wants us to be zealous for Him; Paul urges us never to be lacking in zeal, but always to keep our spiritual fervour, serving the Lord (Rom 12:11). Zeal is that fire and passion which keeps us serving, keeps us persevering and refuses to let us give up, however...
by Julie Turner | Oct 10, 2019 | What's Happening
I was once given a book of funny epitaphs found on tombstones, ranging from ‘I told you I was ill’ to ‘we finally found a place to park in Georgetown!’ People often like to leave witty comments as their final legacy and sometimes poems have been engraved on...
by Julie Turner | Oct 10, 2019 | What's Happening
A couple from our church recently visited the Royal Mint in South Wales and told us of how you can lift a gold bar there worth £400,000. A mint is a place where money is made and stored and as such is often seen as the ‘richest’ place in a country. The...
