Love is glue!

One of the problems we have in striving for unity (Eph 4:1-4) is that we often equate unity with uniformity. It’s not. Just as every family member is different (with physical resemblances no guarantee of membership!), every church member is uniquely different....

Only Children?

I am an only child; my husband is an only child and we have one son. Family size varies enormously, but as children, we have no choice in whether we have siblings or not. (Sometimes, even as parents, we have little choice in how many children we have!) For many,...

What Is God Like?

The most important – and indeed revolutionary – God-fact we have in the Bible is that God is love. (1 Jn 4:8) God is not just loving; He does not just act in loving ways; He is, we are reliably informed, love Himself. God’s love means that He eternally gives of...

God’s Differences

It’s clear from the Bible that God is far higher and vastly different to people, even though we are made in His image. God possesses life in Himself. He gives life and breath to everything (Acts 17:25) but does not need anything to give life and breath to Him, whereas...

G Is For God

It would be impossible to have any other word than ‘God’ for the letter ‘G’ in our essential alphabet of Christian faith! God is not only the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end of our faith (Rev 22:13), He is also the centre of it....

Obedience

Garry spoke this morning from Phil 2:12-13, commenting on how obedience is a key ingredient to working out our salvation. God gives us many commandments (rules) to guide and guard us. So often, we perceive obedience negatively, viewing it as restrictions, but actually...