The Victory

Every day we wake up to a world that celebrates victory and applauds success. Very shortly we will be applauding medal winners in the Olympics, forgetting those who don’t quite make the cut. We like the happy endings of triumph and success.Every day we serve a...

Sovereign over us

I love songs that resonate with Scripture. They give me a framework to stand when I don’t know what to say or sing. Today I heard this song for the first time. It’s called ‘Sovereign over us’ and is by Aaron Keyes. It’s based on...

The Good Shepherd

Dave spoke from John 10:1-18 last night, looking at Jesus’s words on shepherding and sheep. Jesus had just healed the blind man and was again under attack from the Pharisees. He urged His followers to follow Him, rather than those who could not see what the...

Success

Garry spoke from Psalm 127 this morning on the subject of success. He warned us that he would ask more questions than he would give answers, but as Michael Card says, ‘Could it be that questions tell us more than answers ever do?’ Jesus used questions and...

Further studies in James

Dave led the Bible study on Thursday, looking at James 1:26-27.The end of chapter 1 talks about religion and the religious. It highlights the sin of rash speech (which James will develop further in chapter 3), urging us to keep a rein on our tongues (see Ps 34:13, Ps...

God’s Hands

If the whole world is in God’s hands, what are those hands like? This was the question that Mark tackled at the family service last night. God’s hands created the universe. They made the deep places and the high places. God’s hands created the sun,...