Read: Acts 13:26-33 Today’s passage is an extract from the account of Saint Paul’s first missionary journey. He was in Pisidian Antioch, where he was outlining to a gentile gathering how Jesus had been treated. Quoting Isaiah (53:1-4), he explained that people who had been promised a deliverer despised him when he came. The Sanhedrin…

Do you think that food cooked outside tastes better? I have certainly enjoyed food cooked on barbecues on a number of occasions, though there have been one or two instances of my making discreet  use of someone’s kitchen bin to dispose of a burnt offering! Barbecues have certainly become more popular in Britain recently despite…

For many years, my wife and I have been supporters of a Christian organisation called Medical Missionary News (https://mmn.uk.com), and for a few years have used their Prayer Card as part of our breakfast readings. It uses the same wording for each day of the week, and I thought for seven TFTD’s, I would quote the…

Anyone who has renal failure will know that our kidneys are essential to life. When I was at school learning basic biology, I learnt that there are 7 features that distinguish living from non-living objects – respiration, nutrition, growth, reproduction, movement, sensitivity and lastly, excretion. The kidney is essentially an organ of excretion. It filters the…

A few days ago, we learnt that two ministers from Zimbabwe would be visiting the circuit for three days!  Goodness, ten days (or so) to get ready!   I definitely felt slightly panicky!    However, what a wonderful time we had!  Representative Synod was at Sheringham last Saturday (the 25th of Apil) and it was there…