How important is it to obey God? When God clearly calls us to do something, how important is it that we do what He…
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“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” (1 Peter…
Deuteronomy 1:6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance…
This may well be the best known story in the Old Testament. Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat! As we search in Scripture to find…
This was the first sermon I preached at NSBC before I became their minister. Belatedly I post it here because it fits very well…
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13) Every day we will be drawing close…
Fasting – Showing God We Care “In general we must hold that whenever any religious controversy arises, which either a council or ecclesiastical tribunal…
Christmas is impossible!! I’m not talking about all the planning and the shopping and the cooking which seem to be essential to celebrate Christmas…
What makes you believe that God exists? We have been thinking about questions folk might ask us about our Christian faith and here is…
England is no longer a Christian country. Whether England ever was a Christian country where everybody went to church and everybody lived by the…
Jesus said in Matthew 13: 45-46 “ … the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one…
Where was God in Paris on Friday evening? On Friday evening the 13th November 2015 teams of Islamic State terrorists launched three separate attacks…
Here is a short message I forgot to post after our Christingle service back in 2011. Did anybody see A Christmas Carol yesterday with…
This morning we are going to think about a very important question. What happens when we die? It’s a question many people spend a…
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)…
How can we help Contacts become Inquirers? A summer of sabbatical study has led me to one simple conclusion – we need conversations about…
Can we trust the Bible? Sometimes people who are not Christians will say, “You can’t believe the Bible.” “It was all made up by…
In John 4 Jesus is talking to the woman at the well about the Living Water. He confronted her about the number of husbands…
Here are some areas we might talk about with friends, neighbours and colleagues who ask us, “What makes you believe that God exists?” JESUS…
Over lunch we spent a quarter of an hour each talking around our tables about of these questions. 1. Each talk for 1-2 minutes…
We live in a multi-faith, multicultural, consumer society, “Tesco ergo Sum, I shop therefore I am” (Graham Cray) where everyone demands freedom of choice…