Thought for the Week

‘Assisted Dying’

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Sunday 17th November 2024 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind. Genesis 9:6 (NIV) ‘Assisted Dying’ You will no doubt have heard debates in the media concerning a proposed law to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and

Slow down

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Sunday 3rd November 2024 Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so let your words be few. Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NIV) Slow down We are used to saying that we can come confidently into the

Are you sinking or sailing?

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Sunday 27th October 2024 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? (Hebrews 2:1-3a) Are you...

The straight line

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Sunday 20th October 2024 ‘In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.’ Acts 17:30 (NIV) The straight line In January 2018, Larry Nasser went on trial accused of sexually abusing 265 girls over two decades while he was the team doctor for USA Gymnastics. One of his

Rock of Ages

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Sunday 13th October 2024 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 (NIV) Rock of Ages ‘Rock of Ages. This rock derives its name from the well-known hymn written about 1762 by the Rev A.M. Toplady who

A vital question

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Sunday 6th October 2024 Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17 (NIV) A vital question “Which do our churches most represent: a group of people waiting for a job interview or those

Sleep well

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Sunday 29thSeptember 2024 For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 (NIV) Sleep well Have you noticed that the New Testament often speaks of believers ‘falling asleep’ when they die (as in the verse

How to die well

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Sunday 22nd September 2024 Jesus called out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit’ While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ Luke 23:46, Acts 7:59 (NIV) How to die well I remember the Australian evangelist John Chapman used to say that one way to bring

Be a saint

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Sunday 15th September 2024 To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi Philippians 1:1 (NIV) Be a saint We tend to think of saints being special Christians, which is perhaps due in part to the practice of ‘canonisation’ in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, where a dead person is admitted into

Here we go again!

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Sunday 8th September 2024 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. Hebrews 1:3 (NIV) Here We Go Again! Do you ever have that ‘Here we go again’ feeling, as you brace yourself for what lies ahead? Perhaps you feel it