The Christian life is full of challenges and change. We walk a lifelong journey of being changed to be more like Jesus. (2 Corinthians 3:18). Recently at Hope Church we have had a series on recognising and removing idols … Read More
This doesn’t seem to be a relevant topic for today. It conjures up pictures of ancient cultures bowing before statues or of Eastern cultures far removed from Western society. However, it is a topic that occurs throughout the Bible. As … Read More
Around time that I started following Jesus, the late 1970’s, a Bishop in the Church of England retired to the UK having spent decades serving in India. His name was Lesslie Newbigin. His observation was that British society had significantly … Read More
In my previous blog I wrote about the need for Christians to be seeking to play their part in influencing society but doing so in the right way. This is an issue facing many different parts of the church. In … Read More
I have just started rereading the book Issues facing Christians today by John Stott. I first read it over 30 years ago, but it is still very relevant, we face many of the same issues. Stott challenges his readers to … Read More
Returning from church on Sunday fresh from the word about God giving deposits of faith, I sat down for a few minutes to pray about the questionnaire Rob Lampard and I were going out to do around Biscot on Monday … Read More