The cross of Christ

There are days when we see how God orchestrates our meetings together, days when different people, without directly conferring or communicating, so obviously hear the same things from God that there is a wonderful sense of continuity. This morning was one of those...

Mountains

I love mountains. Below is a picture of the Mer de Glace in Chamonix, part of the Mont Blanc range of mountains.Mark preached from Hebrews 12 on Sunday night, looking at the differences between Mount Sinai (where Moses received the Ten Commandments) and Mount Zion, a...

Good to hope

Stephen preached this morning from Lamentations, a book that deals very honestly with a dark period in Israel’s history. It is easy for us sometimes to think that the God of the Old Testament is different to the God of the New Testament, or perhaps to focus on...

Shining like stars

Tony Brown preached last night on Philippians, looking at ways in which we may live pure and blameless lives (Phil 1:10). Purity is not about sinless perfection, as John makes clear in 1 John 1:8. Rather, the pure in heart will see God (Matt 5:8); purity here refers...

To be in Your presence

There are times when God’s presence seems especially close and this morning was one of those occasions. Times when His greatness and mercy overwhelm us. Times when all we can do is bow down in His presence because we realise how small we are in comparison and...