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Category: grace

  • living together

    Picking up from last Friday’s bloggage, this passage from the Bible was in my email inbox today (I subscribe to ‘Red Letter Days’ from my friends at Kore – they have an iphone or android app which daily sends you some words of Jesus): If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell them –…

  • Mull of inspire

    (Please excuse the corny title, I couldn’t resist.) A long time ago in a church far, far away I received a letter in the post. It was a rather critical letter. My friend and colleague in the church, David, had been sent a copy of the letter and as soon as he got his he…

  • dis-graceful

    Context makes a big difference doesn’t it? This morning I looked at a famous passage in one of Paul’s letters, written to a bunch of Christians in a church in Philippi, Greece: Final exhortations 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do…

  • God knows

    “I know your heart. I know what you hide in the dark recesses. I know the burdens you carry. And I love you. My grace is sufficient for you. I know your heart. I know your desire to serve, to bless, to follow and to lead. And I love you. My grace is sufficient for you.”…

  • co incidental music

    Twice this week I have had unusual experiences with music. On Sunday I was asked to speak at a church up the road in Ipswich. I was not leading the service and didn’t know what songs would be selected. I was listening to (and singing along to) a CD of worship songs and was struck…

  • a radical thought?

    I feel the need to follow up from yesterday’s bloggage. Having survived the suggestion that God is not in control without being denounced, defriended or debagged (couldn’t think of a third ‘de-‘ word) I feel a little courageous. So I want to suggest something even more radical and controversial. I am warming up to it…

  • reliance

    There’s an old story of a church where the visiting preacher failed to turn up. The Minister was seriously unprepared but felt that he ought to preach. He stood up… ” Today I will have to rely on the Holy Spirit for my sermon. Next week I hope to do better.” I think I know…

  • amazing grace

    Being the pastor of a church is an incredible privilege. I am able to share in the joys and sorrows of people’s lives and offer support, encouragement, prayer, and seek to point people in God’s direction. I have often been asked (usually by young people) what my favourite Bible passage or verse is. I used…

  • instructed

    During  recent renovations at our church we installed a video camera system so that wherever you sit in the church you will be able to see what is going on. As part of it we have a picture in picture facility so that, for example, we can show a PowerPoint with the words of a…

  • Here be dragons

    It may help you to read yesterday’s bloggage at this point and then come back, in order to set a context. Done that? Good. On ancient maps, so we are told, where the map maker had run out of knowledge at the edge of the map they would write ‘Here be Dragons’ or similar warnings…