The Promise (Part 18) – Acts 7:54-60
Ronnie continues the story of Stephen, culminating in his death by stoning.
Ronnie continues the story of Stephen, culminating in his death by stoning.
Yesterday a number of the young people in our Church, along with youth leaders and even the not-so-young began reading through Soul Survivor’s ‘Bible in One Year‘. I’m really excited about this opportunity to read through the written word of God together with so many others. It’s been great to see so many other people…
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“You can’t take your top off and run around the church after you’ve taken communion. They don’t like that”. Thus, Actor Stephen Mangan adds his thoughts to a recent series of thought provoking two minute programmes on channel four. 4thought.tv features individuals from all walks of life and belief systems and gives them a couple…
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Wandering through my workplace recently, I came across this amongst a host of similar posters celebrating a number of different scientists: (click to enlarge) The quote, if you are unable to read it from the poor quality of my iPhone photo, reads: “Isn’t it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you…
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Sometimes I am wrong. I’ll give you a moment to recover. I only recently became aware of Plan B (aka Ben Drew) with his single ‘She Said‘, and I think my words at that time were most unfavourable. However, it is ‘a grower’ and I’ve come to appreciate his vocal stylings much more. The other…
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I hate football (it’s for nancy boys), but I’m currently enjoying the world cup. Even I can’t help but be swept up in the advertising hysteria surrounding this four-yearly event. I particularly like Nike’s new advertisement: < p style=”text-align: justify;”> I think that often we like the idea of either being part of something that…
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I discovered the latest in a long line of extravagant and meticulously planned proposal videos the other day: It just about equals another favourite of mine, this wedding entrance in America: We’ve enjoyed a couple of marriages at Firwood Church over the past 6 months. I’m not really what might be termed ’sensitive’ (indeed, I…
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A couple of weeks ago marked the 30th anniversary of the explosion of Mount St. Helens in Washington State on the 18th May 1980. Around that time, I came across a collection of extraordinary photographs taken around that date. Each photo was incredible, but I found the following image to be particularly striking: This photo…
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A while ago my Dad told my Mum that he had booked a holiday for them both, but that the location was a secret. My Mum pestered him for days on end to push him to reveal this secret destination. When he finally gave in and told her, she then became disgruntled because he had…
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Chapter 4 of Carson’s ‘Scandalous’ is entitled A Miracle Full of Surprises. This is no understatement; the miracle in question is surprisingly surprising. After reading Carson unpack it, I realised how limited my understanding had been. As a side note, I would encourage people to never merely skim read the Gospels on the assumption that…
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