I want to share with you something that should thrill your heart from the brilliant American preacher and teacher A.W. Tozer. Tozer writes ‘An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but to each...
I was asked to email a few words for ‘the front page for the bulletin’, by Wednesday instead of the more usual Friday last week. This of course gave me something of a dilemma. Because not even the pollsters are confident in predicting what Friday will hold; who will be...
Amidst the political jostling of the General Election campaign, one news item seemed to grab the attention of the world’s media this week. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Indonesia executed eight prisoners convicted of drug smuggling. Pastors who spent time with the condemned up until they faced the...
It’s fantastic that this Sunday we are celebrating two baptisms. In the midst of the testimonies, celebratory worship and after service coffee and cakes, we will witness a profoundly visual demonstration of the life-changing power of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In his letter to the Romans, the...
I am sure that you, like me have been watching and listening to recent debates and discussions in the run up to the General Election. As politicians of all persuasions seek to win our vote, many are asking how they should vote as Christians. It is of course a question...
Between his resurrection and ascension, the Lord Jesus appeared on eleven occasions and was seen by over five hundred people. However, one of these appearances always seems to stir my heart more than any other. Having been absent when Jesus appeared to the other disciples, Thomas stated that ‘unless I...
As you may have gathered, I have been recently reflecting upon the words of some classic Easter Hymns. In 1739, the brilliant and prolific hymn writer, Charles Wesley published ‘Christ the Lord is risen today’, which was itself a reworking of a 14th Century Latin chant. So in an age...
In the lead up to Easter I am simply going to ask you to mediate upon the words of a glorious hymn. ………………..Isaac Watt’s ‘When I survey’ has been sung for generations and I would suggest that someone will still be singing it when the Lord returns. However, the song...
The writer to the Hebrews describes the Lord Jesus as the ‘same yesterday, today and forever’ (Heb 13:8). If this is true, it is both logical and consistent that His truth is both unchanged and unchanging. In light of that I would love to share with you an interview with...
A friend of mine recently shared that he often asks people what they think of when they consider the ‘glory of God’. Some people answered that they thought of amazing images of the universe, while others spoke of manifestations of power or even of bright white lights. In his...
