Darwin and God by Nick Spencer This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and we have seen many books written and TV programmes made looking at his theories and the legacy he left behind. Nick Spencer’s book though is not just another one looking at the debate in Christian circles [...]
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“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Ps 51:10) “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.” (Eph 1:17) “Keep your servant also from willful sins; may [...]
The following prayers are additonal collects that can be used during the Lent period. These collects are normally shorter than the usual ones we use in our services. The prayer for the third Sunday in Lent challenges us to discern God’s will for us and to give up what harms us and seek his perfection [...]
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This week my wife took her car in for its annual MOT and thankfully it passed! Those of us with cars over 3 years old have to annually renew our MOT and go through the various tests to show that our car is safe to drive on the road. It seems to me that spiritual it’s [...]
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When a mother shows her child to her friends she will often hear comments such as: “Hasn’t he got his father’s eyes?” “You can see she’s got her mother’s nose?” “Doesn’t he look like his grandfather?” It is naturally for a child to have the physical attributes of their parents and in fact we would [...]
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I once attended a course at work called “Managing Change.” My employer had recently merged with another company and therefore there was going to be change on the horizon. For some it meant their working patterns would change, whilst for others they would be doing different jobs with new responsibilities. Our staff reacted to this [...]
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Yesterday morning in our communion service we prayed a pray of penitence which started as follows: “Lord God, we have sinned against you; we have done evil in your sight. We are sorry and repent.” I wonder if we really regard our sin as evil? Do we really believe that the wrong things we have [...]
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Lent is a good time for us to ponder the subject of wanting God and ask ourselves how much do we want Him and hunger after Him. The following scriptures can help us focus our attention on this: Psalm 42: 1-2 – “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for [...]
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So after 8 weeks the Matter of Faith series on Channel 4 has now finished. On my original posting on this series I mentioned that I was not originally going to watch it but I changed my mind and decided to give it a go. I could say that I wasted 8 hours of my [...]
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