Labour not in vain
By Gerry Straker, 06 May 2020'Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labour is not in vain.' (1 Corinthians 15:58). My mother recently told me a story of my grandfather, Alan Woodfield who died in February age...
Resurrection
By Ben Petersen, 03 May 20201 Corinthians 15 has been a wonderful reminder of how big a deal it is that God raised the Lord Jesus from the grave. Without the resurrection we don’t even have a gospel to preach, says Paul (1 Corinthians 15:13-19)! I pray that as you...
1 Corinthians 15 Reflection 2
By Gerry Straker, 02 May 2020In 1 Corinthians 15 Reflection 1 we saw just how important the resurrection is: God will grow us like seeds 15:36-38 God has already created glorious things 15:39-41 We are carrying on where we left off... 3. God will recreate us in the image of the heavenly man 15:42-49 We...
1 Corinthians 15 Reflection 1
By Gerry Straker, 01 May 2020Many Christians are confused about what happens after death. Some hymns add to that confusion, for example these words from a hymn I love: 'Come, my Lord, no longer tarry,Take my ransomed soul away;Send thine angels now to carryMe to realms of endless day.' This sounds like...
What has Obadiah taught me?
By Steve Sammons, 29 Apr 2020When I first began to prepare to preach on Obadiah, Coronavirus was purely an issue in the Far East. Little did I know the context to which I would preach from this prophet would change so dramatically. And little did I know quite how relevant...
Loneliness
By Sean Tong, 27 Apr 2020BZZZZZZ … the alarm beside my bed rips away the last remnants of sleep as I groggily get up. It’s Sunday. Is it Sunday? It is Sunday. But it’s not quite Sunday. If it’s Sunday, why am I not getting up earlier to get down...
On reading 4: Reading Classics
By Gerry Straker, 26 Apr 2020In our first article in our series on reading, we saw that the place to start is always the Word of God and it’s been great to hear of some of our people reading the Word more. In our second article, we saw how in...
On reading 3: We need help
By Gerry Straker, 24 Apr 2020In our first article in our series on reading, we saw that the place to start is always the Word of God and it’s been great to hear of some of our people reading the Word more. In our second article, we saw how in...
Reading Creation 2 - Thanking God for sunshine, our teacher
By Gerry Straker, 22 Apr 2020Yesterday we thought about how to read creation. As new creations ourselves (2 Corinthians 5:17), we can now see with new eyes the glory of God glowing in the world around us. The Word teaches us to read the world aright and the world sends...
Reading Creation
By Gerry Straker, 21 Apr 2020It has been a gorgeous few weeks weather wise, don’t you think? We want to thank God for the sunshine. But the sunshine is not only an opportunity to thank God, the sunshine teaches us. We’ve been thinking recently about reading books, and there’s more...
