Living as models (1 Thessalonians 1:5-10)
The danger of settling for a ‘safe’ faith is that it’s not worth hearing about.
The danger of settling for a ‘safe’ faith is that it’s not worth hearing about.
The church finds its identity by being ‘in God’ – we get our self-awareness from this relationship. Then we live it out…
When you live a life of wisdom there may well come a moment when you have to be courageous as you take a stand for what you believe God has asked you to do.
The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were thrown into a furnace for not obeying the king, and how this story relates to us today.
When God chooses to do something new for the world, he chooses people. People who are often put in positions that feel uncomfortable, that feel like it’s not possible to survive.
Here’s a new song we will be introducing at church this Sunday.
Our lives are built around expectations at the different stages of our lives. Our resilience is developed as life occasionally fails to live up to expectations.
We expect love to lead to partners for life, but it may not have done, or the partner left us, or died and we ended up single… How do we make sense of that?
How does the reality of being a Christian compare to your expectations?
Psalm 2 is like a bucket of cold water thrown on anyone who thinks prayer is about retreat, serenity and comfort
Neil will be preaching from Psalm 2 next Sunday, and here’s a song I’ve written based on it, which I plan to introduce as part of the service.
A look at Psalm 23, a psalm written by a guy struggling with jobs, family, failure and guilt.