Use your mirrors Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 21 October 2018 A confession in the sermon this morning. Vicar Mike mentioned as an illustration that the Bible is like a mirror to us, that he sometimes dribbles toothpaste onto his shirt. This brought to mind the service two weeks ago on the Costa del Sol …
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Airports – a rant An airport is a bad place to be if you are autistic. The bright lights, the constant bombardment with announcements, the garish displays from duty-free stalls whose bold colours clash with the blandness of the rest of the building. And you are stuck there. They are up there visually with churches …
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YHWH Elohay YHWH Elobeenu YHWH Eloheka Names of God - part 29 LORD My God LORD Our God LORD Your God YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God. The second part of the name here is how God relates to us: …
Always searching Calahonda International Baptist Church, Sunday 7 October 2018 We got here, eventually. It should not have been that difficult. This was my third visit and Linda's fourth to the Costa del Sol. On the two previous visits we made together we worshipped at Calahonda International Baptist Church, styled as CIBC. The last time …
The Holy Spirit in one word - Fellowship The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV The one word used here for the Holy Spirit is fellowship, which can also be translated as communion. So what it the …
Blessed be Your name On the road marked with suffering Though there's pain in the offering Blessed be Your name1 Blessed be your name in the road marked with suffering Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 14 October 2018 A tired day at church. Linda and I had arrived home at 2.30am after holidaying on the …
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Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters. I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. - Song of Solomon 7:7-8 ESV
The Father in one word - Love The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV Some people have got an idea of an angry God who hates us, Let's call him the Old Testament God, and that the …
YHWH El Rachum Names of God - part 27 LORD God of Mercy YHWH is God’s actual name which he revealed to Moses from the burning bush, it implies the personal nature of God and El the creator which is immeasurably beyond us. These two names are held in contrast here, a God who is …
Jesus in one word - Grace The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 ESV Sometimes dictionaries can only get you so far. As a child, I spent more time reading dictionaries and encyclopedia than I did novels. Nobody …
Making an ass of myself 