by Julie Turner | Jan 24, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs 24 continues the thirty ‘wise sayings’ or ‘sterling principles’ started in Proverbs 22. The first section looks at not envying the wicked. As Paul says bluntly in 1 Corinthians 15:33 ‘bad company corrupts good character’. We need to be careful about the...
by Julie Turner | Jan 23, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs is an essentially practical book, dealing not only with what we should do, but how to do it. Have you ever been told to do something and failed to do it, not because you didn’t want to, but because you had no idea how to? DIY instructions hold that kind of...
by Julie Turner | Jan 23, 2012 | What's Happening
Mark concluded his series looking at the body of Jesus by examining the verse “When He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).What do we model ourselves on? Who do we aspire to be like? Who would we like to resemble?...
by Julie Turner | Jan 22, 2012 | What's Happening
Dave preached this morning from Ephesians 1:3-14, one of the most beloved passages in the New Testament. We are called to live for God in a world that is godless, but there must be no ‘sacred schizophrenia’ in the Christian’s life. Rather than...
by Julie Turner | Jan 22, 2012 | What's Happening
Proverbs 22 carries on the theme of looking at how to live wisely and well. We see particularly how this affects family life ( “train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it” Prov 22:6). It can be very difficult, being a parent – I...