As our time at Bearwood Chapel comes to a close, we wanted to take time to listen to others to find out where the need is and where we can best help in terms of urban Gospel mission. Over the past few weeks I’ve been having lots of conversations, some have been with people I’ve… Continue reading Urban mission is both urgent and longterm
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Unbelief and silence
Here’s another little perspective on the account of Zechariah and the angel. Sometimes we see the key people in the Gospels in effect acting out or recapitulating Israel’s history. So, here we have the story of a man who serves God in the Temple, who is a representative of the people and a spokesman for… Continue reading Unbelief and silence
The vaccine and abortion
I’ve seen a range of reasons given over the past few months for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Some of them are understandable including concerns about whether we know about all potential side effects yet. Some people see it as a freedom issue, although as things stand, the vaccine won’t be compulsory,… Continue reading The vaccine and abortion
Land Ahead (Deuteronomy 29)
The two places where we are likely to see examples of covenants today are in our wedding vows, marriage is described as a solemn covenant and in the exchange of property. Within the exchange are likely to be mini covenants so that many deeds have what are known as restrictive covenants against them meaning that… Continue reading Land Ahead (Deuteronomy 29)
Where is the focus?
There are two surprising things in Luke 1. The first is that the Gospel and the nativity story starts not with Mary and the birth of Jesus but with another baby. It starts with the angel of God appearing to an aging priest called Zechariah and telling him that he and his wife Elizabeth will… Continue reading Where is the focus?
If you are going to revitalise you need to be good pastors to the existing congregation
Something struck me the other day as I was talking with a friend who is involved in supporting church revitalisation. His love and care for existing church members shone through. He saw them as showing evidence of being baby Christians even though they were old in years and had been in the church for a… Continue reading If you are going to revitalise you need to be good pastors to the existing congregation
Word
Here’s our latest YouTube video. This is part of our Advent theme “The Promise.” On YouTube, we are going to be looking at the first few verses of John’s Gospel. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”
Learning to See – Navigating the scientific experiments and studies during COVID-19
This is a guest post from a medical perspective from Mark Surg. In recent weeks and months we seen a flurry of research to do with the COVID-19 pandemic shared and commented on. It seems at times that people tend to choose the research that suits their own narrative. I thought it would be helpful… Continue reading Learning to See – Navigating the scientific experiments and studies during COVID-19
Confusing promises and the promise
One of the reasons people become disillusioned with God and walk out on church is that they believe that God has failed them, that he has let them down by failing to keep a promise. Now, if God has not kept a promise, then there are four possibilities, either God does not actually exist in… Continue reading Confusing promises and the promise
The Serpent Crusher
Do you trust people to keep their promises? It is almost a year now since we had a General Election in the UK, meanwhile the US have just had their presidential election. The politicians made all kinds of promises. Do you think they are keeping them? Of course apart from the promise to “Get Brexit… Continue reading The Serpent Crusher
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