by Julie Turner | Jan 14, 2018 | What's Happening
Stephen spoke this morning at Cherry Tree Court from John 9:1-7. Here, the story of how Jesus healed a man blind from birth is recounted, but as Stephen pointed out, this was not just a miracle for that man. Through this narrative, we can see how God cares for each...
by Julie Turner | Jan 13, 2018 | What's Happening
One of my favourite films is ‘Three Amigos’, a spoof Western which sees three actors having to rescue the villagers of a small Mexian village from a bad guy known as ‘El Guapo’. In a scene just before the great showdown, the amigos ask the...
by Julie Turner | Jan 11, 2018 | What's Happening
Ps 2:11-12 reminds us that we are to approach an omnipotent God with reverence and awe: ‘Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling. Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a...
by Julie Turner | Jan 11, 2018 | What's Happening
Psalm 2 is the first of the Messianic psalms. Along with Psalm 1, it forms an introduction to the book of Psalms (‘a joint preamble to the whole book’, in the words of Michael Wilcock). The private world of Psalm 1 opens out into the public world of Psalm 2; the...
by Julie Turner | Jan 11, 2018 | What's Happening
The Bible tells us God’s story of the world and the people in it, and there is a coherence to this story which demonstrates God is in ultimate control, working all things together for good. God’s plan of salvation is outlined in the first book (Genesis) and reaches...
by Julie Turner | Jan 7, 2018 | What's Happening
Mark gave the epilogue at tonight’s family service, speaking from Matthew 7:13-14. Often, we feel that if life is narrow and difficult, it must be because we are on the wrong path or have misheard God, but the way of following Christ involves difficulties and...
