Sermon Notes 16/03/25Great sermon while at church this morning and what great notes to type half time while listening to the Sheffield United match back at home! .Years ago the pastor had just become a pastor and was on a cruise with the family- he was doubting about... See More »
A moving act of generosityDuring my 40acts Lent devotional I read a moving story. Christine from the Congo donated her only cow to help the Congolese Bible translators reach her community with a Bible translation in her community's language. To understand the genorosity we... See More » (1)
The blessed flask and nard.Mary poured a flask of pure nard onto Jesus's head. We know about this but I want to view this from another view. Nard is grown in the Himalayas. Imagine the plants in the Himalayas growing that ointment that was to be poured on our saviour's... See More » (1)
An incredible double meaning(Quote) Matthew 13:24-27 sure are amazing verses about Christ's second coming aren't they? Look particular at verses 26-27 from the above. The commentaror on my Reformation Study Bible suggests that these verses not only refer to Christ's second... See More »
Sermon Notes 09/03/25- An English Northerner in New Mexico. The visiting Northern pastor told us about his time at a conference in New Mexico- it was a great time of fellowship with the American brothers and sisters in Christ but at one point he was caught in a dangerous storm in his hotel which actually... See More » (1)
The heart and God.Another beautiful article from the Banner by Curt Daniel. Daniel mentions our greatest joy and privelege is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. Like lovers we should say to God 'I love you with all my heart' and being the... See More » (1)
A Huguenot's prayerReading the prayer of Theodore Beza in this month's Banner,I was struck by themes to his amazing prayer in front of the French bishops and priests in the 1500s, I won't quote the prayer as it's long but I will go through key points. .It lowered... See More » (1)
The Beatific Vision"Knowledge of God is the happiness of the soul" "The knowledge and fruition of God composeth our happiness" wrote Charnock. As the Westminster Cathecism states "The chief end of man is to glorify God" Our highest joy should be God- as St... See More »
Ash WednesdayA blessed Ash Wednesday to all who celebrate! May we always remember the above with regard to idolatory of any kind. So that special Bible? Yep. Where it all started. Holding to the reformed covenant theology of infant baptism, this was an... See More » (4)
A Shrove Tuesday messageThe editor's note on the beginning of 'Banner Of Truth' March 2025 issue is so enriching I can summarise and can convert it into a post. What does it mean to be a Christian? Much more than we can imagine- our Christian journey was known before in... See More »
Batoul and church familyBatoul's father introduced her to Christ- she saw the change in him- before he came to Christ he used to regularly beat his wife and daughters. Batoul grew close to her father and accompanied him to Bible studies- she soon believed and got baptised!... See More » (1)
A prayer request for the KirbysI was sad to hear this- the our brother in Christ's wife, Emma, has had a still birth.. Joe Kirby has provided us with so much spiritual encouragement on YouTube so the least we can do is pray for his wife and him during this difficult time. I... See More » (1)
A Lent challengehttps://www.stewardship.org.uk/40acts This was promoted at Church today. Just signed up for the emails. It's basically a generosity challenge for each day during Lent for Christians to bless others, etc. Might be worth signing up to if you are a... See More »
Sermon Notes 02/03/25Today went to my former church as I am visiting family, was lovely to see and fellowship with everyone, the people who knew me since I first became a Christian (and the time later when I was first dating my now wife)! It's an Anglican church and it... See More »
God's Providence in North KoreaIn the bleak, dystopian, orwellian country of North Korea comes an amazing story from Open Doors. North Korea is consistently rated the #1 most dangerous place to be a Christian on the 'world watchlist' by Open Doors. Today the story from Open... See More » (1)
An amazing Bangladeshi sister in ChristA dozen women asked Jorina to meet up with them in her village, she thought it was just to learn and enquire about her Christian faith. Instead it was an ambush- they forcibly stripped her to check if she had a seal- it is a superstition in her... See More » (1)
Wednesday Bible Study Notes 26/02/25Different pastor tonight as the usual one was away at a conference. You will not believe what the theme of the Bible study was... maybe God wants to tell someone something about fellowship on here.... . For life in the local church, God wants you on... See More »
God's Word, a sham trial and a prison transformed"God's word is not chained" so wrote Paul while in prison. Firuza experienced this first hand. One day someone accused Firuza of fraud but the case was so ridiculous the judge didn't even proceed with the case. But then the administration found she... See More » (1)
The family of Christhttps://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/church-is-family/ A great article explaining how in the body of Christ, we are all a family. Early in my Christian walk I wish I had this knowledge better. But I wonder how we can grow in the knowledge?... See More »
The Gospel and the Brick KilnToday I was reading in Barnabas Aid about their work in releasing Christian Pakistanis from brick kiln debt. Many Pakistani Christians are from impoverished backgrounds and frequently have to get loans from their brick kiln bosses. They have to... See More » (2)
Sermon Notes 23/02/25. "Hell lost another one, I am free" so began the worship music. What an amazing reminder to all those that have accepted Christ as their Saviour! . Prayer request for a trip some of the church are doing to India- for a safe landing, a succesful... See More »
A snapshot of God's work in VenezuelaMy Open Doors prayer diary reading took me to Venezuela today. A notorious jailed gang leader accepted a visit from a pastor in jail. When the pastor quoted Psalm 119:114 to the prisoner how did the gang leader react- get angry? Defensive? Worse?... See More » (1)
Bible Studies 19/02/25. Trump is not ultimately sovereign over the USA, our Triune God is. Putin is ultimately not sovereign over Russia, God is. God is sovereign over the whole universe. What is the right response to God's sovereignty? We need to worship! .I will add my... See More »
Great night out in RotherhamGreat night out, great laugh with my family, learnt about my uncle (Aunt's husband) from his brother in his strong Sheffield accent: "You looked at 'im wrong back in 'day and 'e'd be on 'yer like 'Rottweiler 😂 Apologies to the Uber driver who... See More » (8)
Praise ReportBack in my old hometown ATM. I'll set the scene- family trip I mentioned now approaching and dad is over-excited this morning. Pointing out a Tesla he shouts: "LOOK! A SWASTICAR!!" Later while my mum, dad and I are having a Neros for breakfast my... See More »
