Different kinds of service

Worship is what we do with our lives, not something which is restricted to a few hours in a church building. Paul, in Romans 12, has urged us to offer our whole lives to God in worship and has shown us that our thinking needs to be transformed too. In Romans 12;3-8,...

Divine protection

Dave preached from John 17:9-21 last night, looking at the High Priestly prayer of Jesus. He reminded us that we are all engaged in spiritual warfare and that we have an enemy who is like a roaring lion (1 Pet 5:8-9). Nonetheless, we should not be afraid, for God has...

War and peace

Remembrance Sunday is a time when we remember the sacrifices made during war. For many of us in England, war is just history to us. We may know that war still goes on around the world, but it does not touch our daily lives in the way that it did for our grandparents...

Baptismal service

There is nothing quite like a baptismal service! Celebrating new life in Christ and seeing people’s obedience and desire to follow Christ are great things. We had a wonderful time tonight!Dave spoke from Matthew 28:19 on the subject of baptism. Some churches...

Whose mould?

In the Bible study last night, we studied Romans 12:2:”Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” J.B....

Eden

God’s original creation was good. Genesis 1 and 2 show us the idyll of Eden, the perfection of God’s creation and the fact that God created man for communion and fellowship with Him. Sin marred that creation and since then, we have lived with that ache,...