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Baptism decision questions In baptism, God calls us out of darkness into his marvellous light. To follow Christ means dying to sin and rising to new life with him. Therefore I ask: Do you reject the devil and all rebellion against God? Candidates – I reject them. Do you renounce the deceit and corruption of…

Having just heard that gospel, you’re thinking well those are the words that end the carol service. The final piece of scripture that gives us the image of who this baby is in a universal context. These first verses of John’s Gospel have been proclaimed, scrutinised and wondered over for many a century and today…

It seems strange we’re back at the beginning with a baby Jesus. In fact we are 40 days since the celebration of his birth, well 38 to be exact.For us we’re already in the New Year, we’ve had Sundays of epiphany, of Jesus beginning of his ministry and being revealed as the son of God…

Two weeks ago I told I taught you a Greek word Metanoia, if you remember it means a new beginning. Today’s Greek word isKAIRIOS.In verse 15 Jesus says the time has come, the word we have for time is Kairios. it is a Form of time, kairios time is about a breaking of something new,…

Normally we would be in panto season, a favourite occasion of many Christmases, to join in the warm glow of Theatreland, to be with the crowds shouting  “he’s behind you”, “oh no he isn’t”. Our readings today have an element of panto about them, as both of them involve misunderstanding and happily end up with…

I want to teach you a Greek word today, that Greek word is Metanoia.  We might not recognise it and is often translated in our bibles as repentance. Repent and believe is how we hear the call of John the Baptist.  Often we say repentance is about changing our behaviour, looking back at the failures,…

They say church and politics don’t mixWell then people haven’t read their biblesThe Nativity story proves that politics is very much part of God’s story. In recent days we have heard the Christmas story in Luke chapter 2. The story starts by telling us who is in power and I quote [chapter 2] “In those…

PRAYER Hebrews 4 v16 Mark 11 v24 Jeremiah 33 v3 James 1 v6 Philippians 4 v6,7 Matthew 6v6 Romans 12 v12 FAITH Hebrews 11 v1-2 1 Corinthians  2v5 Matthew 21 v22 Luke 1 v37 Mark 5 v36 John 7 v38 Proverbs 3 v5,6 HOPE Hebrews 10 v23 Jeremiah 29 v11 Romans 15 v13 Romans 8…

Here we are again, with another challenging parable, not this time about the vineyard but about a wedding. What are you wearing to the wedding party? We are familiar with the wedding at Cana, when Jesus removed the social disaster of running out of wine by creating far too much to be used and in…