by Julie Turner | May 20, 2011 | What's Happening
Romans 8 could be called the chapter of the Spirit. Out of the 31 references to the Spirit in Romans, 15 of them occur in this chapter. The Spirit heralds a new way of living, giving us the power to live in a different way, the power to choose God’s way above...
by Julie Turner | May 16, 2011 | What's Happening
Stephen preached from 1 John 4:7-19 last night, a famous passage about love. Now love today has been misinterpreted and misconstrued; it’s not all about red love hearts and romantic love, as the card industry would perhaps have us believe. This passage talks...
by Julie Turner | May 15, 2011 | What's Happening
Failure is not a popular word. In our success-soaked society, failure is feared and shunned. There are so many things we are afraid of failing: exams, driving tests, failing in our careers, failing financially, failing in our marriages and as parents, failing to gain...
by Julie Turner | May 13, 2011 | What's Happening
A civil war is a war between citizens of the same country, and you only have to watch the news to realise that the world is at war in many places. It can be frightening when the war is not with a hostile enemy from outside but an enemy within, so to speak.And even...
by Julie Turner | May 9, 2011 | What's Happening
Birthdays are important. Our birth celebrates our entrance into this world and our birthdays are public acknowledgement of our progression through life. Some birthdays are deemed more important than others (‘significant’ birthdays like 16, 18, 21, 30, 40,...
by Julie Turner | May 8, 2011 | What's Happening
“In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.”...
