Soli Deo gloria – by Dave Hall
Hi all, It seemed to be a good time to restart a Pastor’s blog providing, hopefully, some comment on life as we persevere through these times. I’m not promising to add something every day, but hopefully at least several times a week. For today, let’s simply recognise and thank God for the blessings of 21st […]
Continue ReadingI guess that since this verse contains no command, and promises no obvious reward, it would be easy to undervalue what it is saying – that would be a great mistake. We live in a world where there is a constant striving for beauty. We perhaps think of this as a modern Western pursuit, but […]
Continue Reading8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. (9) Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you. On our website we’ve put verse 9 in […]
Continue ReadingIt seems that everyone is finding these verses somewhat harder to commit to memory than the recent block in Matthew 5! These verses are, of course, extremely well known – I guess they feature as the most popular reading for weddings, and possibly are seen as related to marriage and little else which is a […]
Continue ReadingWe come to the last 2 verses in this passage and in it Jesus deliberately changes how He speaks to make it very personal. No longer is it “Blessed are they…” but rather “blessed are you …”. These statements are certainly true for every true Christian in every age and every land, but equally true […]
Continue ReadingWe continue to learn verses from what is commonly known as the Beatitudes, and the focus continues to be on Sanctification – the work of grace that God works in His children by Holy Spirit as we submit to Him and obey His Word. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.8 “Blessed […]
Continue ReadingThe blog is back! Sorry for the long absence. I’ll try and be far more disciplined in future. I’ll seek to upload each week at least two articles. One being on the current week’s Fighter Verse and the other on the week. So…for the Fighter Verse this week – Matthew 5:3-6 3 “Blessed are the poor […]
Continue ReadingThis week we have a Church Members’ Meeting, so there are various things to get prepared for that. In addition I’ve got Tuesday AM and Thursday PM earmarked for visitation. Other than that I hope to get more work done on the Church Library (we’ve invested in some new books, and there will be more […]
Continue ReadingWith most of Sunday evening prep done, and church night ready, I’m out this afternoon taking an Easter meeting at Countess Free Church in Ely (appreciate prayer). Also trying to get the new Notice Sheet program finished so that we can use it to produce the weekly sheet.
Continue ReadingHi, Monday night’s Christianity Explored went really well with a number of us gathered for the start of the course – please pray for this as we meet together week by week. With a visiting preacher from ‘Witness to Israel’ this coming Sunday AM, hopefully there will be time this week to get a few […]
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