1 Corinthians 14 begins, “Eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit.” The Good News Translation says, “Set your hearts on spiritual gifts.” The Voice translation…
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We have been looking recently at the words of the apostle Paul in Ephesians 4:15-16 15 … speaking the truth in love, we will…
The apostles Paul and Peter both give an interesting exhortation for Christians. Ro 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 1Co 16:20 Greet…
“Prayer does not enable us to do a greater work for God. Prayer IS a greater work for God” (Thomas Chalmers). Prayer is not…
As we began our Week of Prayer and Fasting this morning we started our reflections on the Lord’s prayer by thinking about exactly who…
Today is the beginning of our Week of Prayer and Fasting. Each day we will begin our times of prayer together with a reflection.…
“We must grow up in every way to Christ, who is the head. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every…
What’s the most precious thing you possess? What is the most valuable thing you own? Of course the word precious carries two meanings. Some…
You may know the famous saying often read at the start of the new year, written by Louise Haskins and quoted by King George…
It was A.W.Tozer who observed that “if God had taken the Holy Spirit out of the Early Church 95% of their activities would have…
Many Christians have a mistaken idea about Christmas. They think that we are celebrating the time when the Almighty God became a man for…
For weeks if not months now we have been surrounded by Christmas music. It’s our acoustic wallpaper. Have you noticed how most Christmas pop…
It’s finally beginning to feel a lot like Christmas now. Not just with all the carols and Christmas songs playing everywhere, but especially with…
This morning I want to take our thinking right back to the very beginning of the Christmas story. Not with the manger in the…
We come this morning to the final story in our series about the nation of Israel wandering in the wilderness. It is particularly significant…
38 years had passed. 38 years of wandering around in the wilderness. Most of the original grumbling generation of Israelites had died. They came…
We have seen the promise of a Saviour from the first glimpse of the gospel, the first hint of a Saviour, in Genesis chapter…
Two weeks ago we looked at the tragedy of the fall of man. We saw how in the beginning everything God created was very…
Back when I was a boy one of the earliest television science fiction series told the story of a spacecraft which crashed on a…
Last week we looked at the tragedy of the fall of man. We saw how in the beginning everything God created was very good.…
Two small silver scrolls about one inch long were found near Jerusalem. They were on amulets in a burial cave in the Valley of…