Dear Friends, As a church we do not emphasise lent as a period of fasting. This is largely because it does not appear in the Bible and whilst it can be helpful, it can encourage us to public boasting about fasting, which Jesus encourages his people not to do. In Matthew 6:16-18 Jesus says “When…
Dear Friends, As a church we do not emphasise lent as a period of fasting. This is largely because it does not appear in the Bible and whilst it can be helpful, it can encourage us to public boasting about fasting, which Jesus encourages his people not to do. In Matthew 6:16-18 Jesus says “When…
Dear Friends, We begin a new series today in the book of Jude. Whilst a short book it packs a punch and is full both of the wonderful keeping power of Jesus Christ and the need for us to contend. It is a reminder that we are in a battle if we are Christians, and…
Dear Friends, We have much to look forward to in the year ahead within the life of our church family. In the early weeks of this new year we are considering how we can contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. We may feel rather helpless in standing against the current…
Dear Friends, Christmas preparations are surely underway by now! The food, the presents, the drink the TV are all beckoning. In all the busyness of the season, advent reminds us that not only did God come into our world in the person of his Son as a baby in a manger, but that Jesus Christ…
Dear Friends, Christmas preparations are surely underway by now! The food, the presents, the drink the TV are all beckoning. In all the busyness of the season, advent reminds us that not only did God come into our world in the person of his Son as a baby in a manger, but that Jesus Christ…
Dear Friends, Today we hear of the wonderful truth of God’s saving work being by grace alone, not by works. Of course, such good news is not to be kept to ourselves! We can have confidence that the grace of God not only has brought us to life in Christ, but also prepared us for…
Dear Friends, Today we hear of the wonderful truth of justification through faith alone, not by works. Justification is that verdict of innocence, declared by God himself, on all who believe in Jesus Christ and what he has done and is completely separate from works. This means that whoever hears the gospel, and believes in…
Dear Friends, What do we celebrate on bonfire night? “Remember, Remember the 5th of November, Gunpower, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why Gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.” But shouldn’t we be forgetting the “guy” on top of the bonfire? Wasn’t Guy Fawkes simply following his own Roman Catholic faith and sought to…
Dearest friends, Let us first and foremost give thanks and praise to the Lord our God for the ways in which we have grown in unity under Christ as a church family over the last few months. It has been a wonderful privilege to see and hear of how so many people have contributed to…