by Julie Turner | Jan 19, 2017 | What's Happening
Many of us live life with a feeling that what we do on an everyday basis is inconsequential, unimportant, insignificant. Mothers used to working who are on maternity leave feel that their routines of feeding, winding, changing nappies, bathing and clothing a newborn...
by Julie Turner | Jan 15, 2017 | What's Happening
Mark spoke tonight on the subject of force fields, something much loved in science fiction! A force field is a barrier made up of energy or particles to protect a person, area or object from attacks or intrusions: It seems from Luke 4:16-30 that Jesus was divinely...
by Julie Turner | Jan 15, 2017 | What's Happening
Social media makes a great deal of noise about the need for good communication skills, but for the Christian, the most important communication skill we can have is prayer (which could be likened to condensed milk, having lots of goodness in a deceptively simple...
by Julie Turner | Jan 13, 2017 | What's Happening
Why were the Psalms written? Paul tells Timothy, ‘All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.’ (2 Tim 3:16-17) The Psalms are...
by Julie Turner | Jan 13, 2017 | What's Happening
The book of Psalms is a long book in the middle of the Old Testament, part of the ‘Wisdom’ genre of literature. It is one of the longest books in the Bible (the longest by chapters and the 3rd longest in terms of number of words.) Different religious traditions number...
by Julie Turner | Jan 13, 2017 | What's Happening
The Book of Psalms is estimated to have been written between 1440 BC and 586 BC. As with so many books of the Bible, it was written over an extended period of time and we can see many connections between the events we read in other books of the Bible (especially the...
