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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On Tuesday the 30th June 2009, the youth study group will begin reading through and discussing the book ‘Crazy Love – Overwhelmed by a Relentless God’ by Francis Chan, pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California. The purpose of this post is not to provide a review, however having read it previously, and having…
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In my youth, I was never much the rebel; I conformed with the best of them. If there were rules around, I would follow them (generally), and the fear of being caught in contravention was no small thing for me. There were, however, always unreasonable rules that would have prevented my fun had they been…
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I remember the first time I fell in like. I say like, because although I would have given her my last Rolo (as the advert at the time suggested) I hesitate to use the word love too often, especially regarding the infatuations of a single figures aged Phill. But I did like her. She was…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached at Firwood Church by Phill Marsh on the morning of the 29 March 2009; these notes are, therefore, intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes of the sermon in PDF format, click here.…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached at Firwood Church by Phill Marsh on the morning of the 22 March 2009; these notes are, therefore, intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes of the sermon in PDF format, click here.…
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It’s the old nature versus nurture debate. I am a gifted annoyer, but how did I get to be so? Was I born with this gifting written into my very DNA, a moment of mutation that spawned skills of annoyance that a non-mutant could only dream of, or did I develop this gifting as I…
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These are the notes of a sermon preached by Phill Marsh at Firwood Church on the morning of the 22 February 2009; these notes are intended to be read in conjunction with the sermon. To download or stream the sermon, click here. To download the notes for this sermon as a PDF document, click here.…
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Eclectic. That’s how I’d describe my music taste. I learned it from Sister Act 2 (you know, the bit where she is describing her taste in music to the misunderstood ghetto kids) over a decade ago and it has served me well for many years as a defense of my more dubious music likings. I…
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Football, it seems, is the universal language of men; given enough time, almost all male-male conversations will eventually turn to football. In light of my previously touched upon opinion of the sport, this has always posed somewhat of a problem for me. For a period of time I held one card up my sleeve when…
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