Think about what you had for breakfast this morning. And the lunch you are looking forward to today. Where does our food come from?…
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I don’t know which film it was, but I am sure it was in a very old cowboy movie that I first heard the…
How should people choose which church to belong to? I have been reflecting on this question as we prepare to move to a different…
It had been 30 years since Jesus had been born in a stable and laid in a manger. 28 years since the family had…
In a certain university town there is a very large bookshop with two entrances on different streets. It is used by lots of people…
I saw a sign once in the shop in Colchester Zoo. “Unattended children will be sold as slaves”. For the family of one of…
We are in the third day of national mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second. Many people are feeling in…
“Jesus wept.” At the graveside of his dear friend Lazarus, “Jesus wept.” This morning we are marking the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth…
Jesus was only 12 years old when he went missing. You can imagine how worried Mary and Joseph were when they couldn’t find him…
Jesus told 39 parables which are recorded in the Four Gospels. Counting up, I have preached on 35 of them during my time in…
What is a Baptist? We may want to know the answer to that question for ourselves, and friends and neighbours may well ask us.…
Tonight I am going to talk about working together with other churches. Even before I became a minister I have always been committed to…
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. Would you like to be free? Really free? One of the…
Somebody once said that the parable of the prodigal son has been preached on from every angle imaginable except from the point of view…
When the Early Church met together, what did they do? It wasn’t just to chat to each other. It wasn’t just to enjoy singing.…
“I wish you were dead!” That is the striking way in which Jesus began one of his most well known parables. Because of course…
I came across a fictional list of improbable quotes – remarks that famous people would NEVER have made. Peter Pan would never have said…
At the beginning of Colossians chapter 3 the apostle Paul says some things about the Christian life which are very exciting and at the…
Jesus said “I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it” (Matthew 16:18). That is not a command to…
What kind of church would we like North Springfield Baptist Church to be? A church with good teaching? A church with genuine worship? A…
On my third Sabbatical in 2008 I attended a conference in Canada. The topic was Church, Denominationalism and Congregationalism It was an academic conference…