I saw a sign once in the shop in Colchester Zoo. “Unattended children will be sold as slaves”. For the family of one of…
Category: Elijah and Elisha
Which people from the Old Testament do you think get the most mentions in the Four Gospels? Obviously top of the league is great…
This was the message at the Induction of our dear friend Rev June Love as minister of Southwell Church. Being a Christian minister is…
When we are really hungry we might say “I could eat a horse!” But on occasions people have become much more desperate than that.…
The definition of a pessimist is you give him a polo mint and he’ll complain about the hole! By nature I am a pessimist.…
Pride. Avarice. Gluttony. Lust. Sloth. Envy. Anger. Those are the so called “seven deadly sins.” But which is the deadliest? Which is the most…
The advert in the Jordan Times might have read something like this. Wanted: prophet of God, to lead a band of prophets. Must be…
“I just can’t cope. It’s too much! I’ve had enough. I give up!” Have you ever felt like that? That is exactly how Elijah…
I want us this evening to receive our Scripture reading as our Anglican friends would, with a suitable response. So at the end of…
Many people might say that the prophet Elijah’s contest on Mount Carmel against the prophets of Baal was no contest. They would say that…