Going up A poem Going up! We saw him go, obscured by clouds, Back home to sit on heaven's throne Before he went he told us, "Wait, "I will not leave you here alone." Going up! So sit we here, with upward gaze and contemplating Heaven's glory. Ans what he did in three short years …
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Names of God – Part 6
Names of God - Part 6 El Olam God's name El Olam, Everlasting God in English, reminds us that God is everlasting from before anything existed through to eternity. God is outside of time. God is from everlasting to everlasting, the "for ever and ever" words that we add to the prayer that Jesus gave …
Raised for a reason
What does the resurrection of Jesus mean to you? As evangelicals we are very keen on the crucifixion. Sometimes to the exclusion of everything else. The cross has said it all, we sing, but if so, what was the purpose of Jesus rising again if there was nothing left to accomplish? On this last day …
Muslims come to Christ
Muslims come to Christ And face retribution Over the last year and a half I keep on coming across stories of Muslims turning to Jesus. As I started looking into this, the stories have changed from a trickle to a flood. Dreams and visions The first on its own, a North African man has seen …
Grumbling, resting and someone new
Grumbling, resting and someone new Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield - Sunday 29th April 2018 I'll start with the new boy: We have a new Youth Minister. Wayne Cadman, joined us as last Tuesday and we met him, and his wife Ruth, at this morning's service. I was pleased to meet him as one of the …
From 1970s Chicago to 2018 Wheaton: A Timeline of Evangelical Backsliding | Sojourners
I found a link to this in Twitter today, it sums up my concerns about being an Evangelical Christian in the early 21st Century without being political in a partisan, party political way. The Article has an American slant, coming as it does from Sojourners, an organisation which I came across in the late 1970s, …
Grumbling, cowboys and burdens
Grumbling, cowboys and burdens (and football) Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 15th April 2018 Our Vicar, Mike, is a fan of football, and more specifically supports Watford. Yesterday Watford FC were up here, and Mike and a number of the congregation had a box at the game. Huddersfield beat Watford 1 - 0. I knew …
God can’t use me
God can't use me An excuse I am used to hearing. If comes from those who think you have to be especially holy or spiritual. God uses big S saints, the special ones. Well that is wrong. Absolutely totally wrong. Because if God waited to use the holy, spiritual special ones he'd be waiting a …
The Names of God – Part 2
The Names of God - Part 2 Elah or Elahi Elah is the name for God in Aramaic and is used in a similar way to the Hebrew El, it is found only in the books of Daniel and Ezra. The addition of the letter i at the end of the word signifies 'my' so …
A Mother’s Cry: Can my Disabled Child Ever Become a Christian? | faithmummy
This blog by Miriam Gwynne really touched my heart; I’m sure it will touch yours too so I’m reblogging it. See more of Miriam’s wonderful writing at http://www.faithmummy.wordpress.com It’s Easter Sunday, the very centre of my beliefs as a Christian, that my Lord and Saviour not only died for me on a cross to carry my …
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