In the first of this new series on Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, Andy Evans considers Paul’s miraculous conversion and declaration that he is appointed an apostle ‘by the will of God’. We find that Paul is an example of the glorious grace of God at work and that this letter is written that this…
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Howdy, Just a very short blog post to draw your attention to yet another way in which you can keep up to date with what is going on at Firwood Church. As we’ve recently announced, you can, via Facebook, receive updates on new content available on the website. As with the Quiz & Curry Night,…
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We intend to do something a little different in the morning services over the next few months. Those who attend Firwood Church will know that we usually preach topically in the mornings and work our way through books of the Bible in the evenings. This plan will temporarily change as we begin a new series…
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The Life Tomorrow is the 500th Anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. John Calvin was born on the 10 July 1509 in Noyon, France, just eight years before the greater reformer, Martin Luther, would pin his 95 Theses to the door of the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg, Germany in protest against the Catholic Church’s distortion…
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The most memorable job I ever had was a temporary job just after I left the army working in a biscuit factory in charge of the cutting machine at the beginning of the production line. The upside was that this job was only four days a week. The downside was that this job involved twelve…
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In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon applies his heart ‘to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven’. As he does so, he discovers fallen man amidst a sin-ruined creation. In the fifth part of a new series, Ronnie Evans considers the frustration and futility of toil and the…
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On Tuesday evening this past week, approximately 20 of the young people and youth leaders in Firwood Church met to discuss their thoughts having read Chapter one of Francis Chan‘s book, ‘Crazy Love – Overwhelmed By A Relentless God‘. It was a great evening and I hope that these online blog posts will do it…
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The final in the three part series Follow, where Pastor Ronnie Evans considers our relation with Christ, his call for us to be disciples and the cost involved in following him. In this final sermon, Ronnie points to the reward awaiting Jesus’ disciples. To watch the promo video for this series, click here.
In every husband and wife/mother and father relationship there is a strange and mysterious dynamic at work. I call this the good-cop/bad-cop dynamic. We see evidence of this in the most mundane of occasions. The gas and electric bill comes through the door and we discover that arrears have silently been allowed to build up…
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Those of you who have been around for the current series on Ecclesiastes will have noticed that the introductory video uses Johnny Cash’s version of Hurt taken from his final studio album (this video will be available shortly through this website). Johnny Cash was one of the first celebrity hellraisers and gained a notority for…
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