by Julie Turner | Mar 9, 2017 | What's Happening
Life in Goldthorpe is busy! This Sunday, we have our morning meeting at Cherry Tree Court at 10.30 a.m. and then a special evening service focussing on the forthcoming mission trip to India at 6 p.m. Please come along to find out more about the trip, what to pray for...
by Julie Turner | Mar 9, 2017 | What's Happening
Before moving on from the sin of sloth, I feel I must also point out that sloth does not always look like a lager lout sprawled out on a couch in front of the TV. Someone who is slothful may also look extremely busy to everyone else and never consider themselves...
by Julie Turner | Mar 8, 2017 | What's Happening
A sloth is a slow-moving tropical American mammal that hangs upside down from the branches of trees using its long limbs and hooked claws. Flanders and Swann wrote a wonderful song about the sloth which says, ‘A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I, I live a life of ease...
by Julie Turner | Mar 7, 2017 | What's Happening
I hate gardening with a passion, though I do love to look at other people’s gardens. The reason I dislike gardening so much is fundamentally because I am lazy and it is hard work. Weeding is one job I particularly dislike, since weeds seem to grow so much more quickly...
by Julie Turner | Mar 6, 2017 | What's Happening
Lust is another of the seven deadly sins which can easily ensnare our hearts. Lust is usually associated with sexual sins, though it is actually defined as an ‘intense desire’ for something, which can, of course, refer to other things (such as a lust for power or...
by Julie Turner | Mar 5, 2017 | What's Happening
God does not change (Ps 55:19, Mal 3:6). This is tremendously reassuring to us. James reminds us that He is not like the shifting shadows, but is a reliable, generous, faithful God. (James 1:17) Heb 13:8 reminds us that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and...
