Monthly Archives: February 2012

Evangelism is one of the key issues which we face as a congregation in these days. And I doubt if we’re alone in that. It’s not just a practical, how type of issue: it’s first of all a doctrinal, why type … Continue reading →

Teaching the scriptures of God was a primary responsibility of the priest. We sometimes forget that. Sometimes we assume the sacrifices took up so much of his time, he wouldn’t have had a spare moment for anything else. But we … Continue reading →

Today marks the first day in ‘Lent’ – a 40 day period (Sundays don’t get included) leading upto Easter. Patterned after Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness, it’s long been seen as a time of ‘preparation’ – preparation for a … Continue reading →

One of the projects I’m working on at present is a resource for ‘enquirers’: those (today, many) people who don’t really have very much of a clue at all as to what the Christian faith is all about, but would … Continue reading →

Does the fact that a guy has ‘Rev’ as his title, some initials after his name, a collar round his neck, a stole over his shoulders, and a black gown down his length, which (on a bad day) makes him … Continue reading →

I know that was the title of the middle of the three books about Elsa the lioness (think George and Joy Adamson if you’re over a certain age). But it’s also the title I’ve given to a series of three … Continue reading →

I’m always looking for eyes to be opened when we gather for worship on a Sunday. This coming Sunday as much as ever. And I find I’m in good company, of course. It was what the apostle Paul was always … Continue reading →

Someone remarked as they were leaving the service of worship on Sunday morning – “You have a gift for putting your finger on our raw nerves.” The Lord certainly does, that’s for sure. I’d have been surprised, I have to … Continue reading →

It’s back to Malachi again this coming Sunday. The first five verses, which we looked at last Sunday, are richer by far in their truth than a quick, cursory reading might suggest. I think that we all found that. It … Continue reading →

I should perhaps have qualified the previous post just a bit. ‘Hospitality’ of the sort I was speaking of then is not an open-ended panacea obliging us to fling our doors wide open to just anyone. “Do not forget to … Continue reading →