Isn't unfair of God to send people to Hell?
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I think the simple answer to the question posed would be no, since God is
really only giving people what they want, existence without the involvement
of Go...
A time to gather.
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Gathered or Dispersed? I recently took a walk up Leckhampton Hill with a few
friends. From the lookout point in the distance you can see the Malvern
Hills ...
Get over yourself!
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That seems to be God current refrain to me… “Alastair, got over yourself and
worship Me!”…… Then does this happen? Well……… When I think the sound in the
ma...
Leaving Bedford
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So this is my second biggest item of news this year: I'm leaving Bedford.
I'll share the full story in a couple of weeks when I have a bit more time
to put...
God's revelation, Scripture, Bibliodolatry
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Recently I've been listening to Mike Reeves on Revelation (the doctrine of).
It's been personally challenging and heart-warming to see how God reveals
hims...
A Visit to Ghana
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It seems marvellously appropriate for me to interrupt my series on
Newfrontiers transition with a report on my recent visit to John Kpikpi’s
apostolic sphe...
A Womens Refuge - our Christmas Project
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Last Saturday at our women's breakfast, Bernadette Adams of Berkshire
Women's Aid (BWA) spoke on the issue of domestic abuse. She recounted some
shocking s...
God's faithfulness and our giving!
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Another wonderful Gift Day on Sunday toward the cost of the new building and going multi-site. Praise God for the £81,000 now sitting in the account that was...
ADVENT 10
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Luke 1:56-66
56Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months and returned to her home.
57Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son...
The Effects of Pornography
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Ed Stetzer recently posted about a study conducted on the effects of
pornography on families. I found his summary to be a warning to all of us.
You can dow...
Walking Through the Bible in a Year
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In 2010 a number of us at RFC will be walking through the Bible in the same
way you would walk through any other book: from front cover to rear cover.
Goin...
shaping the future
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We all do it. Every moment of every day we do it. But we don’t often think
about it. At least I don’t. We all shape the future – our future and other
pe...
Out of the darkness...
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This particular section I enjoyed in Peter Leithart's book House for My
Name. He is discussing the contrast of light v dark in the Johannine gospel.
He dra...
Alternative City: All The Media
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Throughout the Autumn at CCK we’ve been working through a preaching series
from 1 Corinthians entitled - Alternative City. This series by Joel Virgo
began ...
Studio altercations
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I recently visited an exhibition of paintings by the Irish born painter and
two time Turner prize nominee Sean Scully. Speaking of his work Scully says
'...
CCK’s Gift Day - Kenya Relief Fund
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Nigel Ring has lived in Brighton and Hove for over 25 years now. He heads up
the newfrontiers administration team and serves as Terry Virgo’s
Administrator...
"All About Everything" review
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This is a first for this blog and a first for me as a writer. I have decided
to write a review of a CD I bought over the summer. The CD in is “All About
Ev...
If You Need Cheering Up...
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...then take a look at this. It made me laugh anyway.
Whilst I've got your attention a quick reminder to be inviting guests for
Kerith Relief this Sunday n...
Further discussion on Methodism
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Dave Warnock commented to my first post in this series:
*I do have a small concern though. I recently heard a mostly excellent talk
by someone from New Fron...
Mentoring or monitoring the prophetic ministry /2
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The whole issue of ‘mentoring’ previously, produced a significant amount of
responses. Understandably the problem is not in the concept, but in the
various...
Tuesday 8th Dec F is for Feelings part two
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Still waffling on about F is for Feelings and I find myself wondering a lot
about feelings and blogging. I have been blogging since January this year
and I...
Hectic!
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We’ve reached the firm conclusion that currently the favourite word in South
Africa is, ‘hectic’. People here don’t have a busy week they have a week
that’...
Adultery is More Costly than you think!
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Tiger Woods has recently been caught out committing adultery and of course
it is headline news all over the world. One of the most prominent focuses at
thi...
Don’t Waste Your Pulpit
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The Bible is Power and Truth! John Piper speaks to pastors about how and why
to preach the word of God and not get caught up in the Christian consumerism
c...
The Cross: Biblical foundations 1
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*(continuing the series on the Cross by guest blogger Mick Taylor)
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For many of us, teaching on penal substitution was imbibed almost with our
mother’s mil...
New Year, new job, new challenges...
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Yep! New Year, new job! As from the end of January, I'll be working a
half-time post for The Beacon Church and am tremendously excited. The
ambulance servi...
Spotify Albums of the Month – Nov 2009
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It’s time for a bumper Christmas special. The good news is that there so
much Christmas music on Spotify that you could play carols non-stop through
the 12...
So what now?
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Last week I got a little pretensious (It comes naturally) and I wrote about
how God got us to manchester. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. Once you have
consider...
Hero Worship
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Heroes. We all have heroes, people we love, men and women we want to be
like, some who we adore. We place pictures of them on our walls, on our
desktops, w...
In praise of Teenagers
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I have been so impressed by the Teenagers in the church this week end.
On Saturday afternoon I watched with glowing pleasure as 25 teenagers
served, enterta...
Snow joke….
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Cheesy title, I know. But it was just to get you to check out this cracking
little feature on my blog where you can actually make it snow! Is it
snowing ...
Forgiveness
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If you forgive you can be set free. If you fail to forgive you will live
with the consequences. There are certain people, and certain things that
they hav...
Back in !
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Karena went back into hospital early on Saturday morning. She was in the
same place pain-wise as the previous week and was in a lot of pain in her
abdomin,...
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A few words about an ordinary day.
I started my day with a quiet time alone with Jesus and a cup of coffee
before going to work. At work I got to sit with ...
From the mouths of infants.....
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I was looking after a little 4 year old girl today at church as her mum was
playing the piano in the worship band and her dad was anchoring the meeting
- s...
MFC Treasure Hunt - 05/12/2009
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Hello Hunters!
It was a pleasure to go out into Rochester this morning with what was one of
our largest contingent of hunters to date.
We had Aurelie and...
Expanding Our Borders
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Isaiah 54:2-3, *2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of
your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and
...
A few minutes with Jill Kingston
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Jill KingstonJill comes from the Midlands in the U.K. She has spent the last year assisting to lead a church called “All Saints Worcester”. The church was re...
The bell rings again!!!
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It is with joy that I write, after a months absence, to tell of a bell
ringing in the church office. Alpha@CoffeeRepublic has just finished and it
has been...
Picked out on first visit!
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If you've read my previous posts you'll know that I've been trying to
stretch myself when it comes to my words of knowledge gift. Jesus said that
if we're ...
I laughed like Sarah!
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Photo: Solomon Douglas | Editing: Nicholas Having dropped my sons off at
school I began the walk into work. Even with the bitter cold I thought I’d
read as...
A Glance at Galatians Pt 3
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Pt 3 :: Remember the Poor
There is much to say about chapter 2 at the start. But there is one verse
that strikes out to me:
v10 "Only, they asked us to rem...
Bonhoeffer on 'Truth'
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I'm studying in my little office at the bottom of the garden for an Advent
series that I want to take the people of X1 through in this season. As part
of t...
But he who is forgiven little, loves little.
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Luke 7:36 u One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into
the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. 37 v And behold, a...
Win a sat nav to come treasure hunting...
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Hit the streets is tomorrow morning in King's Lynn - we'll be learning how to treasure hunt and hopefully will see people saved and healed on the streets. Th...
Invitation: Regional Worship Celebration
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On Saturday 5th December I will be hosting a regional worship celebration at
Nene Family Church. We are expecting it to be a great time of worship,
preachi...
Thankful ramblings!
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Thanksgiving Day 2009! It’s Thanksgiving morn. We play a game at our house…a
very cold game…a game where we see how far into winter we can get before we
tu...
Newday Promo Video
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This blog has been severely lacking in activity. Newday apologises, Joel’s
been on strike. Anyhow, we’re back. Check out our promo video.
McLeadership
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The story of the rise and rise of McDonald's and the lessons that can be
learnt for leadership has often been told. Here John Maxwell tells it again,
with ...
Decision made!
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You may well know what we are going to say but we have decided to go for it!
After getting back we looked at the prayer requests we made and God has
answer...
Monday morning reflections
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Surprisingly, some of our Catalyst Church sermon podcasts have over 100
downloads every week, (admittedly 90% of these are probably Russian hackers
and the...
Cry Freedom, Part 4. Free to Receive
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Galatians 3:23-4:11
How do we find freedom?
An important influence on the way Western culture thinks was the great
philosopher Nietzsche. He claimed that C...
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The culture of honour conference was amazing, a great privilege to have
Danny and Sheri Silk and the team from Bethel with us. North Kent Community
Church ...
The Historical Nation of Israel
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One question that worries me when reading the Old Testament is what is the
historical basis of this document, is it history or a set of folk tales of
the d...
BLOG MOVED
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NEW Fenway Church Blog DW’s thoughts, upcoming events, multimedia, church
news, and more… Meeting Sundays 10:30AM & 1PM @ 69 Kilmarnock Street Boston
www.f...
Who Would Want This?!
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Watch this moving and powerful clip from Matt Chandler – this video has been
going around quite a bit recently and it is so worth a watch. Jesus wants
the ...
Quantum Observation
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Quantum physics says: “If noone is observing an object, it does not exist”.
I say, thank goodness God exists then! If he wasn’t watching the whole
universe...
A MISSION-FOCUSED REPRODUCING CHURCH: Part 6
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This is the final post in our examination of what it means to be a *Mission-Focused
Reproducing Church*. Today we look at the concluding reasons why *
Newfr...
Proverbs 8 - The Man Who Knows
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Download mp3s from our latest Proverbs sermon, 8:22-36 -
*Jesus The Man Who Knows.*
First Service mp3 (35mins)
Second Service mp3 (37mins)
I reference Hymn ...
Weekends
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Hey it's been a while - sorry!
How's your day been? Today's a day for battening (?!) down the hatches and
staying inside,warm and cosy - the weather is so...
Further thoughts of a church planter in Russia
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These last two weeks have taught me quite a lot about myself, pushing me
further on, leaving my comfort zone somewhere back in October.....so I
thought it'...
i dream (interlude)
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my stillness
silence
night
Your Word
whisper
fire
I AM drawn close with Your yes
I AM undone by Your promise
I AM consumed in Your presence
Reception Song
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Well, I’m currently sitting in my lounge in our
gradually-getting-chilly-because-we-still-haven’t-put-the-heating-on-yet
flat. Ed is watching football, and...
Getting right: putting your house in order
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2 Corinthians 10:5 …taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
I was out in the countryside recently, walking about and taking some time
out,...
What’s Wrong with Capitalism? 2: The Love of Money
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This is the second in my series on what’s wrong with Capitalism. I started
with some Definitions, to help any readers who aren’t familiar with
Capitalism a...
Facebook Fast
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The Bible talks a lot about fasting however most of the time we assume it's
about missing food. This is true however I have recently learned the
benefit...
Help, I'm Running Out of Days!
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"Teach us to number our days aright that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
Psalm 90: 12
Thanks to you guys who responded so positively to the preach last Sun...
How Big Is Your Neighborhood?
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*How Big Is Your Neighborhood?*
We are living in a day when divisions among individuals, groups, and nations
seem to be growing. The world’s financial situ...
Scandinavia and Beyond!
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So here I am on the train to Copenhagen from Kalmar, Sweden. This is my
final leg of the Scandanavian trip. I am on my way to Lowestoft, England for
our To...
Confidence or arrogance?
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Last week I was in Peterborough at the Newfrontiers Prayer & Fasting
conference. This gathers around 800 Newfrontiers leaders from across the UK
for 2 days...
Is busy better? The reason for the Sabbath...
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Well, it's been ages since I last posted on my blog... so I thought it was
high time I returned to it!
Life has been so busy over the past year with work &...
God's megaphone?
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'Pain is God's megaphone to speak to us' was the phrase that stuck in my
mind as I reached for the medicine drawer again this morning. It had been a
pain...
Getting in the Mood for FrontEdge
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*Here's a story from in the church within the last two weeks - What a
Thrill!*
"About 10years ago I was diagnosed with a condition called Endometriosis a...
Everlasting God
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We've just been learning a new song as a worship team called 'Everlasting
God'. To many people this song isn't so new... but to us it is! I love the
words ...
The Cross Proceeds The Crown
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Trials. Hardship. Suffering.
No one likes to talk about these issues, even in Christian circles. We hear
so much pep talk about walking in victory, becomin...
Fall and all that!
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So, it's Fall.... I have to confess I've been quite looking forward to
experiencing Fall as, by all accounts, it is much more of a definite
'season' and di...
We Exist for God
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“We exist for God’s pleasure”, there was stunned looks around the table. So
was the scene at a class I teach at Life School here in Salem. One student
c...
Humbled by hard core missions!
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Had a great time at the recent conference and thanks to all of you who
prayed for us. I spoke twice the first time on how to create a local church
culture ...
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Josh and Jack both put down their drinks and looked at Stuart, who was
sitting there with a stupid grin all over his face.
“Just sayin’ boys! Don’t let it ...
A Time to Listen & Reflect
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The past few months for me have been hectic, to say the least. Week after
week after week I was go-go-go -- go to work, see girls for discipleship, go
to c...
Slap guitar!
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I love watching a good guitarists especially who do something new and
different. I've posted a few blogs recently with some videos of guitarist
doing amazi...
Prophetic Reformation on the move!
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We’ve moved all the articles on our website over to our blog site to enable
you to have your say! For the friends of PropheticReformation.com that
means...
The Inspirational Calvin - Part III
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Today Lex Loizides (Jubilee Community Church, Cape Town) completes his
series on The Inspirational Calvin by looking at the charge that Calvinists
negle...
When God Heals!
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Whilst in Julian Adam’s seminar at the Brighton conference I prayed for a
guy with a TSH level of over 5.5, resulting in an overactive thyroid (the
normal ...
Launching from a great summer
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I've enjoyed our summer immensely. From Newday in Norwich, to our regional
Together at.. weekend over the bank holiday in the New Forest, interspersed
with...
"Presenting Mr and Mrs John"
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So yeah essentially I haven't blogged for ageeeeeeees and I'm quite sure my
very small readership has probably dwindle further because of my lack of
effo...
Exam results
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Today this years A level results arrive. Again, there is going to be a
record amount of passes, which the government will laud as improvement in
education ...
Newday 2009
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I had a great time at Newday this year; running an onsite media team and
generally enjoying the event. One of the jobs I had was to keep a daily
video blog...
some melodious sonnet!
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For once I've not been updating my blog because too much has been happening
as a pose to too little but I've been loving this hymn lately
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Day 28: What a difference 15 days makes
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2 weeks. I guess it doesn’t even take God that long to tell some people. So
since my last post, we have made a decision to start to go and see if God
stops...
39 Days :)
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Ok, so I officially suck at this blogging thing already! But figured I
should update it today!
I didnt run on Sunday, spent most of Thursday with pains in ...
Putting Roots Down
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Along with my tendency not to persevere at things is a tendency to like to
keep my options open. I hate committing to a choice of snack if James pops
out t...
My Blog Is Not Dead
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Unfortunately a major readjustment of priorities after the Acts 29 Boot Camp
in Seattle meant blogging had to take a back seat for a (long) while. As I
hav...
New Hymn Makers album and special offer
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KIngsway have just released a new Hymn Makers album - the second volume of my songs. Following on from "How deep the Father's love", released in 2003, the ne...
Eggs, The Easter Bunny and Eternal Life
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As I sit here eating my Creme Egg and reflecting on Easter, I can’t help but
notice that many of the traditional symbols of Easter speak about new life:
eg...
Before The Throne Of God Above
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*Let these words minister to you, find a recording, and lift your hands to a
Holy, awesome God...*
Before the throne of God above
I have a strong, a perfec...
Changes are afoot
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I’ve just finished preparing a set of talks on Ecclesiology (the Church) for
the regional WordPlus course next weekend, and these recent Newfrontiers
devel...
Stop Driving
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“Remain in me, and I will remain in you” (John 15:4).
Panic should be reserved for those in the passenger’s seat. Themba, a Zulu
man on our church lead...
Rebecca Hitch and Jonny Pike are active members of Centrepoint Church Guildford. They have been recently writing worship songs seeking to glorify our God and King!
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