Author: nickjones2011

After the high of Joshua, we enter a downward spiral in the book of Judges.  For those following the Bible Reading Plan there are some dark days ahead in in the book of Judges.  In the first chapter the phrase “did not drive out” is repeated time and again and Israel failed to drive out…

God made some big promises to Abraham (Genesis 12), they can helpfully be summed up as people, place, blessing. God promised that the old childless Abraham would become a father of many nations, that they would have a place to live and that they would live under God’s blessing and be a blessing to the…

How do you walk into church? What sort of things are you thinking? Am I late?! Where will I sit? How long will it go on? What does God think as we walk into church? In the first week of “6 steps to loving your church” we thought about how God is not taking a…

She’d gone too far this time. No way she could be forgiven. Everyone knew about her, she was the talk of the town. How could she do such a thing? That’s what everyone thought about her, and she had the cheek to crash a dinner party of some very religious people! Everyone was outraged, everyone…

Is it possible to never fail in the wilderness? Yesterday, we thought about how God’s people failed in the wilderness, and if we’re honest, we’ll know that we do to. The season of lent reminds us of the time that Jesus spent in the wilderness, and one of our readings this week from the Bible…

Does life ever feel dry and barren? I have been meaning to write on the book of Numbers for a while as those following the Bible Reading Plan have been reading through it (and hopefully have just finished it!). It’s not an easy read, there’s a lot of historical names and places – it’s called…

Last night was the launch of “6 steps to loving your church”.  This is our lent course for this year, we’ll be seeking to grow in our love for one another as a church family. You can listen to the intro here and you’re very welcome to join us for the next 6 Wednesday evenings…

Don’t forget we’re meeting tomorrow (Wed) night at 8pm at the Rectory to discuss the Prodigal God, if you need a refresher this video may help! <div class="sqs-video-wrapper" data-provider-name="YouTube" data-html="”>

Sin is costly! In more ways than one…as we’ll think about in a minute.  If you’re reading through the Bible in a Year Plan and you’ve got this far – well done and keep going! You’ll have reached Leviticus, and this is dangerous territory – many give up at this point, but it’s worth persevering!…

These are my notes from Dr Stephen Critchlow’s talk at the Kilmore Hotel.  I didn’t get everything down but hopefully what is here is a help.  Dr Critchlow began with a disclaimer that would be good for me to repeat here: This information is of a general nature, none of this information should be construed…