Healing of Naaman
Ian B. 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…
An Embodied Faith
Recently I read a description of God meeting us ‘in our bodies’, asking where else God could meet us. I can’t find the exact quote now, but it stuck with…
It’s about relationship!
A few years ago we were talking about the triangle – Up, In, Out. It represents three relationships that are key to healthy Christian life: UP – our worship of…
Sixteen Years in Care: A Memoir – David Meader
Sixteen Years in Care, a Memoir: A journey to freedom from rejection, pain and loneliness, Malcolm Down Publishing, 2022. David Meader tells his personal story of growing up in care,…