Sunday 10th March 2024 God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.’ Genesis 1:28 (NIV) ‘Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…’ Matthew 28:19 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Fill the earth I love it when I discover another piece of
Read moreSunday 3rd March 2024 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge… Proverbs 1:7 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 1:2 (NIV) When life makes (no) sense Have you ever wondered why we have the books of both Proverbs and Ecclesiastes...
Read moreSunday 25th February 2024 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist – denying the Father and the Son. 1 John 2:22 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Human and divine In my ‘quiet time’ this week I was reading the story of Jesus calming
Read moreSunday 18th February 2024 Abraham believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:6 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, A leap of faith? When I used to work as an engineer, I remember a colleague one day telling me, “I wish I had your faith” – in the same way, I
Read more11th February 2024 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Gloria Patri Having researched the origins of the Doxology last week, I was prompted to do the same
Read morePraise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him all creatures here below; Praise him above you heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Doxology When we sang the doxology (above) in church last Sunday, I was asked where the words come from, and I realised I had no
Read moreIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Some books are famous for their opening lines, for example Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (I will leave you to supply those lines, or to look them up). But it
Read moreSunday 21st January 2024 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end results of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:8-9 (NIV) Dear
Read more14th January 2024 And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Justice and Mercy It has been called the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history. I am referring, of course, to the
Read moreSunday 7th January 2024 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hebrews 13:8 (NIV) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Happy New Year? What will this new year hold for you? Will it be happy, or perhaps better than happy? Will it be sad, or even worse than sad? Or will it be somewhere in
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