Lament, Trauma, and Hope – who do we turn to?
Ian B. What do we do when confronted by tragedy and disaster? Just in the last short while we’ve seen reports of extraordinary flooding in Libya and devastating earthquake in Morocco as…
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Death and Resurrection
We’re coming to the end of our summer of miracles at church (although we always hope for more!) and we’ve come to the end of our walk with Elisha in…
Elisha and the floating axe head
Several times I’ve heard people give the challenge to read Bible passages in unusual locations – up a mountain, in a hospital A&E waiting room, or on a bus. The…
Healing of Naaman
One of the best known of Elisha’s miracles (recounted in 2 Kings 5.1-27) is probably the healing of Naaman, a commander in the Aramean (approximately modern-day Syria) army which was…
What happens between the oil and the bread?
2 Kings 4:1-7 describes a miracle in which God provided an amazing amount of oil for a widow who asked Elisha for help. Enough oil was poured into the jugs…
Fresh water, bald heads, and she-bears.
2 Kings 2.19-25 Last time we looked at the start of Elisha’s ministry in 2 Kings 2. That chapter ends with the description of two miracles which Elisha performed, and…
Where is the Lord God of Elijah?
2 Kings 2.1-18 As we look at miracles in the Bible during the Summer Sundays at CCC I thought it would be interesting to look at an Old Testament prophet…
Encourage One Another
We’ve come to the final chapter of 1 Thessalonians, and the subject matter of the first section looks similar to last part of chapter 4, which we looked at last…
Peter – so right but so wrong!
I was invited to speak at Forest Hill Community Church today, on an episode of my choice from the life of Peter. I chose Peter’s confession of Jesus as the…
Resurrection for the rest of us!
This little letter of 1 Thessalonians that we have been reading is probably one of the lesser-known parts of the New Testament. But you might have heard that it has…