We’ve all failed at times. David failed big time – he had defeated the Philistines, he was the rightful king, yet that wasn’t enough. He wanted someone else’s wife, and he was prepared to do anything, even murder to get her. He thought he had got away with it, but just as any good thriller…
Trinity Sunday Year B 30th May 2021. Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 6 v1-8; Psalm 29; Romans 8 v12-17; John 3 v1-17. Transforming relationships The apostle Paul argues that “Only those people who are led by God’s Spirit are his children”. (Romans 8 v14). Paul goes on to suggest that the relationship between these children and…
Mark 6 v 48.He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them When a helicopter crashed in a cold mountainous wilderness, the pilots survived but were seriously injured. The frozen afternoon…
The Reverend Rob Frost introduced an initiative a number of years ago centred on Pentecost called “On Fire” and the idea was for churches to reach beyond their buildings, go out into the streets and parks and celebrate the Pentecost experience when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples and equipped them to witness to…
Psalm 139: 13-16“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well… My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together…
What is truth ? The case for Biblical integrity dvd, 2006 120 minutes US$19.99 includes pdf notes also available as a book and on You Tube How do we know what is really true is the study of epistemology. How sure can we be of what is true in a time of false information,…
Psalm 16 v 1. “Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.” Some people touring a mint where coins are made came to the smelting area. As they stood before the cauldrons filled with molten metal, the tour guide explained that if a person were to dip his hand into water and…
In the third chapter of the book that bears his name, Jonah, having learned his lesson about running from God, is recommissioned and returns to Nineveh to preach. The simplicity of the message is stark: ‘forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown’. Nineveh was a great city. There is some uncertainty about the dating…
We have two very, very, large, beautiful oak trees the other side of our fence. The leaves are now forming; we will have acorns and plenty of autumn leaves later in the year. The problems are the acorns drop on our side path, which makes it dangerous to walk down and the leaves drop all…
We are all under pressure at times – deadlines to meet, demands made by others, time pressure, financial pressure, losing car keys, health scares. Pressure comes in many forms, and like London buses pressures often come one after another. We might cry out “what else can happen!?” David was a man who knew pressure. He…