by Julie Turner | Aug 18, 2019 | What's Happening
Garry continued looking at Rom 12:9-21 this morning, focussing initially on Rom 12:10 which tells us to be devoted to each other in love. This kind of ‘brotherly love’ (made up of two Greek words for love, philia & storge) involves the affection and...
by Julie Turner | Aug 15, 2019 | What's Happening
In teaching, one of the most disheartening phrases a pupil can say to you is “I don’t get it!” As a teacher, the aim is to pass on knowledge and skill in such a way that the pupil understands and can do, and the phrase “I don’t get...
by Julie Turner | Aug 14, 2019 | What's Happening
What a fantastic Superhero Party we had today, with Dearne Churches Together working alongside the Dearne Area Team and Tesco to provide another great family fun day. Thanks to all who helped in the kitchen (especially the volunteers from the Salvation Army), cooking...
by Julie Turner | Aug 11, 2019 | What's Happening
Gen 26:1-11 reminds us clearly of human fallibility and sin, but it also shows us the faithfulness of God. Even though Isaac showed little faith in God at this point, not believing that God would or could protect him, God remained faithful to him. Paul tells Timothy...
by Julie Turner | Aug 11, 2019 | What's Happening
Isaac was the ‘son of promise’, the son through whom God told him all the nations on earth would be blessed (see Gen 22:18). Nonetheless, as Gen 26 makes clear, he had to learn to hear God for himself. He may have been enormously blessed to be Abraham’s son, but he...
by Julie Turner | Aug 11, 2019 | What's Happening
Sometimes, when we read the Bible, there’s a distinct sense of déjà vu, that feeling of ‘Here we go again!’ The cycle of faith, falling away, crying out to God and repentance which we see in Judges is so repetitive that we feel frustrated at people’s inability to...
