Divine Appointments

Dave preached tonight on the power of a testimony and how Jesus can change lives. Speaking from John 4:1-26 and 39-42, he talked about how there are no such things in life as coincidences, but rather there are divine appointments or ‘God-incidents’ where...

The Narrow Way

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matt 7:13-14)This is another of the paradoxes of...

A Lenten walk

During this Lenten period, we attended a concert reflecting on the Passion week in particular by Michael Card, an American songwriter and author http://www.michaelcard.com/ Michael Card has long been one of my favourite songwriters, combining depth of lyrics with a...

A Better Freedom

Research has shown that it takes 21 days to establish a new habit. In a book entitled ‘Psycho-Cybernetics’, Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon, noticed that it took 21 days for amputees to cease feeling phantom sensations in the amputated limb. From...

Not ashamed of the gospel

Christian Concern ran a campaign last year entitled ‘Not Ashamed’, based on the verses in Romans 1:16 and 2 Timothy 1:12, a campaign for Christians to stand up and be counted. David Barlow, a guest speaker, talked last night about the difference between...

Unforgiveness

Forgiveness is at the heart of the Gospel. We are forgiven because of God’s grace and mercy. We have been forgiven so much that we can never begin to repay God. But so often we still find it hard to forgive others.The principle of forgiveness is bluntly laid out...