Resolution or Revolution Sun 4th Jan 15

It always strikes me as somewhat odd that at the start of the New Year, Christians up and down the year focus upon their New Year resolutions. Two thousand years ago Paul wrote to his friends in Galatia and asked them a simple but profound question. Had they, ‘received the...

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Lost in Wonder Sun 28th Dec 14

I am often struck post-Christmas with how little we know about so much of Jesus life. Apart from glimpsing Jesus aged 12 in Jerusalem, we know of no specific event between him as a toddler on the run as a refugee and him proclaiming himself as Messiah aged around 30....

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Are you ready? 14th Dec 14

At the end of November after paying a cheque into the bank, the girl behind the counter asked me, ‘are you already for Christmas yet?’ That’s right. The end of November! As I walked down the high street, I started thinking about the things that needed to be done and...

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Now there’s a challenge 8th Dec 14

On Monday, I chaired a meeting at which the Life in the Spirit Team considered what subject to tackle at our conference in 2016. Although there are numerous subjects we would love to address, we unanimously agreed on ‘Not Ashamed’. In his letter to the Romans the Apostle Paul says...

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