Your salvation has come
Our Christmas Day sermon (25 December) by Gavin Henderson
Love came down at Christmas
This week's sermon (21 December) by Peter Mill
Grace: not a deal
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
Celebrate the love you have
Thought for the week by Barry Robinson
This week’s sermon (2 February)
by Gavin Henderson
Spur one another towards love
Sermon by Gavin Henderson (17th November 2024)
Known by name
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
Reading through Romans: Day Seventeen
What a joy it is to be able to study Scripture together! If you are following along with our suggested reading plan, today’s passage is Romans 8:18-39. Take the time to dwell on these wonderful...
3rd May 2022
Comfort through Christ He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. 2 Corinthians 1:4 (NLT)...
13th February 2022
Who do you say I am? What comes to mind when you imagine God? Perhaps you think about his nature: his love, mercy, and grace. You may see God in creation – in the beautiful harmony of the universe....
12th February 2022
My ways and thoughts “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And...
7th February 2022
Choosing my thoughts The difference between a New Year’s Resolution and One Word (besides the former usually being abandoned by February 1) is one is an attempt at behavior modification and the...
4th January 2022
Our Hearts Revealed Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so...
3rd January 2022
What a Beautiful Name On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. Luke 2:21 NIV “Ha ha, what is his...
2nd January 2022
God’s Love Made Visible He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation Colossians 1:15 ESV I heard a phrase once but I’m not sure where it came from. It was something like,...
30th December 2021
Your Move All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation 2 Corinthians 5:18 ESV “It’s your move.” One of the things I love about...
29th December 2021
Choosing to Forgive Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 NIV This morning I woke to the sound of my youngest daughter crying. She...
26th December 2021
Unidentified Heavenly Object And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord...
14 June 2018
Do You Have A Cold Shoulder? “Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, ‘Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘I tell...
13th May 2018
He Loves Me “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.” 1 John 4:16 (NIV UK) How many of you remember that old game,...
7th May 2018
Because He First Loved Us “We love Him because He first loved us. And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.” 1 John 4:19, 21 (NKJV) As God’s...
17th April 2018
The Greatest Symbol of Love “He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.” Isaiah 53:7 (NKJV) The Taj Mahal is one of the Seven...
11th March 2018
Peace on Mother’s Day “Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, ‘Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?’…‘honour your father and mother, and love your neighbour as...
14th February 2018
A Special Love Letter “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 (NIV) I am currently reading a book by Bill Bryson, and just in case you don’t...
2nd February 2018
You First “If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own interests]…” Mark 8:34 (AMPC) Perhaps you would agree...
19th January 2018
The Tapestry of Love “I want you woven into a tapestry of love, in touch with everything there is to know of God” Colossians 2:2 (MSG) I was excited to read that the Bayeux Tapestry may be...
27th December 2017
Living The Love Life “Greater love has no man than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” John 15:13 (NKJV) We often think of laying down our life for someone else in terms of...
25th December 2017
The Measure of Love “Who then can ever keep Christ’s love from us? When we have trouble or calamity, when we are hunted down or destroyed, is it because He doesn’t love us anymore? And if we...
2nd December 2017
No One Outside God’s Love “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord...
17th November 2017
Love Eternal “…keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.” Jude 21 (NIV) Did you read or hear a few years ago about...
24th October 2017
Tough Love “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16 (NIV) ‘Tough love’ is the...
15th October 2017
All We Have to Say “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32 NIV UK “Love means never having to say you’re...
6th July 2017
The Heart of the Matter “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart] brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.” Matthew 12:35 (NKJV) In a...
15th June 2017
All You Need Is Love “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” 1 John 4:16 (NIV) “All You Need Is Love” is a song...
20th May 2017
All You Need is Love “Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.” I John 4:8 (ESV) Love. It’s the theme of numerous songs. ‘She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ (Beatles),...
8th May 2017
The Happiest People On Earth “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10...
2nd May 2017
Feeling Worthless? “Dear Friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is...
19th April 2017
Offenses Will Come “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone…but love your neighbour as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18 (NIV UK) Recently, someone told me a story about a couple who...
6th March 2017
Worlds Apart “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth—God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” Genesis 1:1, 31 (NIVUK) The Bible begins with the book of Genesis...
14th February 2017
Love letters “Whoever does not love, does not know God, because God is love.” 1 John 4:8 (NIV) Letters of devotion from one person to another are items that are cherished – kept in a private,...