Category: Church Matters

The term ‘housewarming’ literally means to ‘warm a house’. Centuries ago, friends and family would come over and start fires

Book of the month Following Jesus in Turbulent Times: Disciple-Marking in the Arab World (Langham Partnership, Cumbria. 130pp: £8.36 from

This term I am kicking off a new series on ‘major truths from the twelve minor prophets’ with a Bible

Have you heard the story of a group who called themselves ‘fishermen’? There were many fish in the waters all

Nowhere more clearly do we see the humility of Jesus than when he washed his disciples’ feet in the upper

Humility is a uniquely Christian virtue. In the ancient world, humility was not considered to be a virtue, but a

The final session on my course Facing Our Mortality is entitled ‘Let go and hold on to Christ’. The Scriptures

It amazes me how many people are not prepared to face up to their mortality, even although income tax apart,

With one in three people in the UK now having at least one tattoo, tattoos have become a popular fashion

It’s a Sunday and I have just come back from preaching at the main central United Reformed Church in town.