This week a number of 'minor' but essential jobs have been carried out at church, involving carpentry skills from Russell. First of all, the new boilers we have had installed necessitated new piping and this has now been boxed in to protect the piping and make a...

In our final Bible study on 1 John 17-29, we looked at two key factors for the confidence John expresses for his 'dear children.' Despite false teachers arising from within the church and the solemn warnings about the final hour and antichrists already being present...

At the Bible study on Thursday we looked at 1 John 2:28: 'And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.' The Greek word translated here as 'confident' is 'parrhēsia' and can also be...