Grace in the Community

What does normal Christian life look like for you?  What do we just take for granted or assume is the norm?  Are there things which we assum...

Some things fit with Christmas don’t they? Turkey, snow, mulled wine, mince pies, crackers, nativity plays and so on. They are part of wha...

I've been musing on something for a while now.  I wonder how much our 'instant' culture and it's unquenchable search for the...

I was teaching recently and as part of the session asked the group I was with what dangers their churches faced.  There were lots of dangers...

Why do you preach?  Why do you listen to preaching?  Why do study the Bible?  I wonder how you answer those questions.  We preach, listen an...

Good application starts with good interpretation, once we have understood the meaning of the text then we can begin to think about how it ap...

Last night we started a new series at Lighthouse looking at 1 Samuel 1, here are my notes: Often we struggle with Old Testament narrative ...

Here are my notes from last night: 1. What were Paul’s priorities? 2. Is Paul’s ministry a success and why? 3. How do you disciple someo...

As we have gone through 2 Timothy we have repeatedly seen Paul warn Timothy against false teachers.  But what is a false teacher and how do ...

Apparently I live in one of the most obese towns in Britain, something which across the country is beginning to put a growing strain on our ...

One day a hospital teacher received a call asking her to visit a boy. She took his name and room number and talked with his teacher. “We’re ...

In Galatians we see Paul clearly tackling the dangers of legalism.  But what is so scary is that the desires behind legalistic practice are ...

Last night saw us finish off our quick study of Habakkuk, here are the notes. The songs we sing show us how and what we think about things...

Who or what are the three most significant people or events in your life? It may be meeting someone who became a close friend, or someone wh...