I have recently been watching Chosen on You Tube. The last episode of season one ends with the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. The powerful thing about Chosen is that it fills in a lot of the very possible back story. Things I have wondered about. Details Read more…
God works for us as we wait and trust. We can do little in our own strength and what we do lasts only for a short time and is of poor quality. What God does lasts forever; complete, needing nothing. To be truly alive, joyful, confident we need the Lord Read more…
What Can a Praying Church Can Do For The World Today? In trying to write and learn about the power of a praying church, so much of what I read online and in books makes constant reference to the Book of Acts, which is hardly surprising. This book is of Read more…
Evensong. On hearing birdsong in the cool of the evening after a hot day. (Based on an Anglican hymn pattern) “For He will hide me in His shelter in the day of trouble; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent.” Psalm 27:5 Summer’s here – hot hours Read more…
Psalm One Verse One Blessed is the man who walks not in the council of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners, not sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in this law he meditates day and Read more…
Why Do Christians Pray? Is Christianity a religion or a relationship? Is it a practice or a supremely interpersonal connection? What is religion anyway? According to Wikipedia “Religion is a social-cultural system of designated behaviours and practices, morals, worldview, texts, sanctified places, prophesies, ethics, or organisations, that relates humanity to Read more…
Misconception God – The Glorious One who will come again as Sovereign Lord, chose to come to His created, and birth in a stable’s manger! Angels had sung, but crude shepherds with rough hands and simple hearts were the first summoned; and seeing the Babe, adored and shouted the news, Read more…
When Darkness Falls; When Doubts Assail. When life happens in all the wrong ways: When I was going through a dark time, one of many in recent days, a wise woman in my church texted me this: “These verses I would like to share with you. Romans 8 v 35, Read more…
A prayer by SFF. As we gather to worship You this morning our Father, we pray that we will humble ourselves to receive the blessing of Your presence in our lives, and to again rejoice because our sin has been taken away by the Lamb of Calvary. Help us to Read more…
In a post titled Does God Exist? William Lane Craig asks the question: (watch the video) “Is there meaning to life?” (This is a long post but has three really good videos you can watch.) Apart from making the statement in this post that “God makes sense of the universe”, Read more…