Analogies

An analogy is a comparison made to show a similarity. It’s a useful means of helping us to see something in a different light. It’s not the whole picture, but it can often shed light on it or help us to perceive something differently.In my musings on...

Faits Accomplis

Just recently, a pupil asked me to give him some examples of French phrases which are used in everyday English, phrases that have crossed the language boundaries, so to speak, and become an accepted part of another language. English is full of these words and phrases:...

I Stand Amazed

One of the favourite hymns of our church is the old classic ‘I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene.’ Somehow the wonder it conveys never fails to capture us and we love singing this.Today, I can’t find any other words to express how I...

Announcements

Anyone interested in joining the Goldthorpe Community Gospel Choir is invited to attend an open rehearsal on Monday 16th September at 7 p.m. at the Salvation Army Church on Straight Lane.The prayer meeting this week (Thursday 19th September) will take the form of a...

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

Dave spoke tonight from John 6:1-13 TNIV. All four gospels record the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, which happened in spring, just before Passover. Prior to this, Jesus had been involved in healing a paralysed man and He took His disciples away from...

Give Praise To God

Kevin spoke this morning from Luke 17:11-19 TNIV, the story which tells us of Jesus healing ten lepers. Lev 13:45-46 TNIV gives us a glimpse into the devastating effects of the disease leprosy (which remained uncurable until modern times); the leper was forced to live...