by Julie Turner | Jan 31, 2016 | What's Happening
Armed with a ‘Relentless’ energy drink (such as he uses to keep alert during the long night-drive to Cornwall) as a visual aid, Stephen spoke this morning on the subject of perseverance from James 1:2-12. Life can be tough at times and is not all plain...
by Julie Turner | Jan 31, 2016 | What's Happening
Prayer is warfare. Paul makes this explicitly clear in Eph 6:10-20, but so often, we pray halfheartedly, not fully realising the power of prayer. A recent film from America called ‘War Room’ shows very clearly that prayer is a battle. The film focuses on...
by Julie Turner | Jan 31, 2016 | What's Happening
There are lots of voluntary groups in the Dearne area doing good things. If you can spare any time on Thursday 4th February between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, you could join the Dearne Area Clean and Tidy team in their clean-up of the footpaths from Nicholas Lane to...
by Julie Turner | Jan 28, 2016 | What's Happening
In 1 Cor 10:1-13, Paul reports on the facts of what God did during the wilderness wanderings, citing His miraculous deliverance, His miraculous provision and His miraculous presence. Nonetheless (a strong word!), this did not result in ongoing faithfulness on the part...
by Julie Turner | Jan 28, 2016 | What's Happening
The Bible has a lot to say about grumbling, complaining or ‘murmuring’. In 1 Cor 10:1-13, Paul looks at some examples from the Old Testament, most of which revolved around the Israelites complaining about Moses’ leadership, believing he had only led them out of Egypt...
by Julie Turner | Jan 28, 2016 | What's Happening
In our eyes, we tend to ‘grade’ sin. Some sins (murder, adultery, incest) we classify as ‘deadly’ sins, whereas others (gossip, losing your temper occasionally, having a moan, telling a white lie to get us out of trouble) barely register on our ‘sin scale.’ In the...
