2021-08-29. Haggai 2v20-23

This morning’s passage finishes our short series in Haggai, and for a while, I scratched about and struggled with hearing God for us, today. Then I watched the news, the awful scenes we are witnessing in Afghanistan, the attacks, the threat, and the chaos which our...

2021-08-22. Haggai 2v10-19

Looking back over the last year, we have witnessed some real restrictions on our lives. The world has been shut down by governments, and although we are now the other side of lockdown and other restrictions in England, people have got used to many of these...

What can we learn from Afghanistan?

Following the American and British forces withdrawal from Afghanistan, over the last week we have watched increasingly disturbing news reports about the resurgence of the Taliban and the way they are taking control of the region and the very real threat that they will...

2021-08-15. Haggai 2v1-9

Many, if not most, churches have annual meetings. But what do they concentrate on? My experience is that most annual meetings focus on looking back over the previous year. Instead of thinking about the future and considering where the church is going and how to get...

The Comparison trap

One thing has struck me from watching all the recent conflict and hate all over the world, particularly in Western Democracies, and from listening to some of the rhetoric I hear from people who are fighting for “equality” is this … The ONLY way to discern whether two...