1 Samuel 16 Three years ago, this picture became extremely famous around the world. Let me show it to you. (photo: wikipedia) Now tell me, is this dress black and blue, or white and gold? What do you see? …
1 Samuel 16 Choosing a leader Choosing a someone to lead any group of people is a difficult task. It’s a difficult task It must be a difficult task because we so often get it wrong. Often the very leader …
The call to convert… In my experience one of the most common objections to religion is the idea of exclusivity: I’ve got the truth and you don’t, and so you need to join MY religion. In our culture this comes …
Luke 5:17-32 Criticism One of the things that anyone in the public eye experiences is criticism. Some public figures seem to get an awful lot of it. I would hate to be a the UK PM, Theresa May at …
How could a good and loving God be in charge of a world with so much suffering? The problem of evil and suffering In the last few weeks I’ve finished reading a novel, All the light we cannot see,which …
Proverbs 3:1-18 Approaches to parenting Over the last few Sundays we have been looking at what it means to be a parent. Today I want us to think a little more about the role that parents have been given …
I want to initially answer this question by saying; Absolutely and Absolutely Not! Or to be really clear Yes and No! Why both yes and no, well because in the first instance it is dependent on the narrative or story with …
Isaiah 53:6, Luke 15:11-31 “If only” Sometimes we tell ourselves as parents that “if only our kids were better behaved we wouldn’t get so angry” or “if only they wouldn’t always argue with me, I wouldn’t have to …
God Vs Science – Do you have to pick a team? In answer to the question ‘Can you believe in God and science at the same time?’, ‘Bobby Wyatt’ gives the number one answer on Quora.com: “I don’t think so. …
