Star signs

Stephen spoke last night about the wonders of creation, especially looking at the starry host. Genesis 1:14-18 tells us that God made the sun and moon and the stars. That simple statement does not do justice to the amazing creation of God. No matter what man has built...

Who God is

Having spent so much time recently on the recurring theme that we need to know who God is (rather than who we think He is or being led astray by our own preconceptions, ideas, and wrong thoughts), it is perhaps time to restate some basic truths about God. I firmly...

When life is not as expected…

When you’ve come into the world with angelic messages and prophetic utterances, as John the Baptist did, you might expect an easy ride, a trouble-free existence. Life is rarely like that, even for God’s servants, it seems. In the second part of our study...

Single-minded, whole-hearted

After a few weeks away from James (because of meetings connected with organising the joint carol service), we resumed our Bible studies tonight and looked at James 4:1-12. Here, common themes in James are developed: the idea of single-minded and pure-hearted devotion,...

Winter Snow

Last night’s sermon on snowflakes made me think of one of my favourite Christmas songs, called ‘Winter Snow’. The song reminds me that Christmas was all about God taking us by surprise, not coming in might or majesty or power, but coming in meekness,...

How to be white as snow

In Mark’s sermon we learnt about Wilson ‘Snowflake’ Bentley, an amazing photographer who was the first person to photograph individual snowflakes using an adaptation of a microscope to take photographs from underneath the snow. In 1885 he produced...