by Julie Turner | Jun 1, 2017 | What's Happening
Recently, Stephen asked us the question ‘What is God like?’ Our view of God, A.W. Tozer said, is the most important thing about us, and C. S. Lewis once observed that the danger he faced was not that he might cease to believe in God, but that he might come...
by Julie Turner | May 31, 2017 | What's Happening
I recently invigilated a geography GCSE exam which had questions about coastal erosion. Coastal erosion is the wearing away of land and the removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, drainage or high winds. The nearest example to...
by Julie Turner | May 28, 2017 | What's Happening
Rom 13:11-4 reminds us that what occupies our thinking will determine how we live. Eph 4:17-24 makes it plain that we have to live a different kind of life to how we used to live if we are to live wisely. Putting on the new self is not like wearing an all-in-one suit...
by Julie Turner | May 28, 2017 | What's Happening
Life has a habit of tripping us up, situations arising where people say ‘gotcha!’ Some of these life scenarios are simply annoying, like the time Garry got stuck descending from Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire: Others are more serious, like the way the...
by Julie Turner | May 28, 2017 | What's Happening
God urged His people to leave Assyria and touch no unclean thing, to depart from there and be pure. (Is 52:11) The call for holiness will always involve a separation from things that are impure and unclean because God is pure and clean. Much of the Old Testament law...
by Julie Turner | May 28, 2017 | What's Happening
Consecration involves 3 stages, according to Eph 4:22-24: Putting off the old self Being made new in the attitude of your minds Putting on the new self Saying No We have to learn to say no to the old way of life and to the pull of our old sinful nature. (Titus 2:12)...
