Symbols of the Holy Spirit 4: Fire This blog has been published out of sequence because the planned blog, about the Holy Spirit as a mighty wind coincided with the landfall of Hurricane Dorian. Please pray for the people of the Bahamas and Florida and those in the hurricane's path. You can donate to the …
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176 reasons to praise God’s law
Commanding Scripture Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 1st September 2019 Guided by God:1 Holy Trinity is back to its usual service plan of an early traditional service at 9am and a contemporary service at 10:45. I attended the earlier one, not my usual choice, but I was having a day in Cheshire, visiting the Anderton …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 2: Breath or a gentle breeze
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 2: Breath or a gentle breeze There's a little game I used to play with friends online. Take a song lyric and use Google Translate to translate it through different languages, say from English to French to German to Spanish and back to English. Here's one I did from English …
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Jonah and the equality of God’s love.
The last thought on Jonah My last musings on Jonah, for now at least, following the conclusion of the sermon series at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield last Sunday. There are some things that were not said, and to be honest are probably irrelevant to that series anyway. But my mind like irrelevancies so here goes: …
4 things that made Jonah angry
4 things that made Jonah angry Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 25th August 2019 An earlier start for me again at Holy Trinity, I was playing percussion in the worship band so had to be there early for the final rehearsal. It was also the last joint service of the summer holiday period, Vicar Mike …
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 1: Dove
Symbols of the Holy Spirit 1: Dove And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. – Mark 1:10 ESV The Holy Spirit is vital in the life of a Christian. The problem is how do you talk …
Second chances
Second chances Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 18th August 2019 Another early service for me. We are meeting for worship at 10 am rather than two services at 9 and 10.45 during August. This time it was contemporary worship, and I was drumming. It was mentioned in the sermon that God works despite us, but …
Happy and blessed 9: The persecuted
Happy and blessed 9: The persecuted Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. 12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great …
God was already there
In my last blog from two days ago, I reported on the sermon on Jonah chapter 2 preached last Sunday at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield. I got me thinking. I became disabled over thirteen years ago, that's one-fifth of my lifetime. Initially, I was OK, but I started to struggle more and more with the …
No way out
No way out... ... except by God Holy Trinity Church Huddersfield, Sunday 11th August 2019 Another joint service at 10am for both the 9am and 10.45 congregations during the summer holiday period. This time it was simply led from the piano. Vicar Mike was back to lead the service, a quick stopover between being at …
Making an ass of myself 