Light and darkness

Tonight’s Bible study looked at just 2 verses: 1 John 1:5-6 TNIV. Here, we looked at the fact that the message John passed on was one he had heard directly from Jesus and therefore the message he declared was truth and needs to be heeded. That message declares...

The Power Of Story

To my immense joy, two of my former pupils bought me a book by Eugene Peterson entitled ‘The Pastor’ as a leaving present. (In fairness, I was inundated with presents which was truly very touching, with pupils, staff and parents being incredibly generous...

Stand up!

When I first became a Christian, one of the key verses that seemed to be everywhere (song, sermon etc.) was Isaiah 60:1 TNIV: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” Another popular verse was Isaiah 52:1 TNIV:...

Saturation

Back in the days long ago when I studied chemistry, I can remember learning about saturated solutions. A saturated solution has reached the point at which a solution of the substance can dissolve no more of that substance and additional amounts of it will appear as a...

Do the maths!

Al Gordon led an interesting seminar at Worship Central entitled ‘Do the maths!’ Despite not wanting to do any maths at all (!), it was a useful way of looking at the busyness of our lives and allowing God to speak into our schedules.He started with the...