40 blogs of Lent - Day 6 The loveless church Messages to the churches - Day 4 Ephesus - Day 3 “‘I know your works ... But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at …
Author: SteveP
I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
A Busy Day
40 blogs of Lent - Day 5 Sunday 18th February 2018, Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield and other places. I am tired, very tired. Sunday was a very busy day. I can remember the days when I would have been able to do a day like that with ease, but now, having retired early through fatigue, …
Keep on keepin’ on
40 blogs of Lent - Day 4 Keep on keepin' on Messages to the churches - Day 3 Ephesus - Day 2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to …
Lamps and Stars
Jesus is depicted in glory and might, and he is on our side. Be comforted, Jesus is with us.
Seven churches
40 blogs of Lent - Day 2 Seven Asian Churches Messages to the churches - Day 1 The book of Revelation was written from Patmos to seven churches in Asia. From the map above you can see it would have landed at Ephesus and then gone on to, in order, Smyrna (now Ismir), Pergamum, Thyatira …
Blogging through Lent
Blogging through Lent. This year I will again be trying to do a blog a day through Lent. The main theme of my Blogs this year will be on the letters to the churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, although letters is not a good name for them: As far as I am aware …
Valentine’s Day poem
Poem for Valentine’s Day Let not our winters be of discontent Let frost stretch forth its icy fingers, Bind our lives together, how much have they meant Two hearts living as one, our lives entwined. For thirty seven years I’ve lived with you It feels so short a time I’ve loved you so The sweet …
Hualien Earthquake, Taiwan’s East Coast
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For Everyone
The church is for everyone. I'll start this blog with the Anglicised form of Haiku. Who is the church for? The church is for everyone: Even those you hate. Who is the church for? Orphans, widows, foreigners the poor and the destitute. What should the church do? Become good news to the poor. Become the …
Remnant
The remnant Remnant sales are common with sellers of fabric and carpets. anything short of a full roll is considered a remnant, When we moved into our present house our living room was carpeted with a room sized remnant. In the Bible God makes it clear that a remnant is all that he requires to …
Making an ass of myself 