The Call To Follow

Dave preached last night from John 1:43-51, looking at the call of Philip and Nathanael. In recent Bible studies on Romans, we have been looking at the question of predestination and free will (doctrines which have sadly in the past split the church.) Predestination...

Mighty and majestic

Stephen preached from Psalm 93 this morning, looking at the might and majesty of God. The psalm begins by telling us ‘the Lord reigns, he is robed in majesty.’ A coronation is probably the time when we appreciate the majesty of a king or queen. It’s...

Both work and play

“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy,” the saying goes. I’m sure dullness is not a characteristic of church members at Goldthorpe! – and we certainly know how to both work and play as we proved on Friday, when we had a cleaning session...

Opportunity knocks!

For those of you old enough to remember talent shows before ‘The X Factor’ and ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, there was a show called ‘Opportunity Knocks’. This talent show was famously hosted by Hughie Green, and later editions were...

Blessed be Your Name

“Life is full of light and shadow”, the DavidCrowder*Band song ‘Shadows’ goes. It’s full of ups and downs and twists and turns. Very rarely does it seem as though we’re on a straight road. Life, it seems to me, is more like a...

Fermat’s Last Theorem

I do apologise in advance for the randomness of this post. My Internet home page is set to Google and as you may know, they put pretty pictures on there of things of general interest. It’s a bit like having an automatic calendar. Birthdays and anniversaries (see...