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- St Valentine’s Day falls on 14th February and since the 18th Century has been associated with the declaration of love, albeit anonymously. Originally this might be through the offering of sweets or flowers, and now more commonly by the sending of an unsigned card. One suggestion is that St Valentinus was a Roman Christian who...Be my Valentine?
- ‘Man’s chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever’ (Westminster Confession). We are created to worship, but who or what will we worship? Psalm 95 invites us to worship God and to engage with His presence and power. Rejoicing in God (1-5): ‘Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord.’ (v1)....Psalm 95’s wise words on worship
- To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy — to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Jude v 24-25 When the weather...No need to fall
- Recently the weather men and women have taken to talking about ‘organised’ rain to be expected following drizzle on western parts. It’s nonsense, of course. Rain isn’t ‘organised’, it isn’t ‘tame’. Like all our weather it happens because of vast natural laws of nature, and there’s precious little we can do about it. Pleasant summer...Organised rain?
- About 50 years ago I was asked by our vicar to join a small team of volunteers who would meet a young man at the tube station and see him safely past the betting shop on his way home. He had just come out of prison. His offences had all stemmed from his addiction to...Then the fun stops
- At the flick of a switch or a press of a button we can illuminate our homes with all kinds of gadgets. City life has street lights everywhere and if we need a light for dark places we can use a torch. Life for people in Bible days must have been so different. The darkness...Shine, Jesus, shine
- EDITORIAL (all sections) for February 2019
- Can you be married in church? Signs & Symbols: Why do we cross ourselves? CMS launches new mission workshops for churches Nigerian Christians under relentless attack Do you have spare room in your home? The Bible verse of 2018 Child slavery Historic churches share in funding payout ** Editor: In this month of romance, here...Looking at your Church (all articles) for February 2019
- Can you get married in church? Yes. Even if you are not baptised and never go to church? Yes. Even if you are already living together? Yes. And if you have been divorced? There are some circumstances in which divorced people can marry again in a church. Christians believe that marriage is for life, but...Can you be married in church?
- Do you ‘cross’ yourself? Do you literally make the sign of the cross over or upon your body? People do this in different ways: some with certain fingers joined together, some touch their right shoulder before the left, some do small contained crosses on their head, lips and chest whilst others do an...Signs & Symbols: Why do we cross ourselves?
- Church Mission Society has created new workshops designed to get churches thinking in a mission-minded way, and how they can better reach their local community through living out God’s mission. Workshops can take the form of a whole day or half day training. They are for all members of the congregation to take part –...CMS launches new mission workshops for churches
- Release International relates the following true story: Gyang, a 27-year old Nigerian Christian is a student at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Jos. A few weeks ago Gyang saw a post on Facebook about how his village had come under attack from Fulani militants. Almost immediately he called home to speak...Nigerian Christians under relentless attack