(Nehemiah 3:29) The East Gate has several names: Golden Gate; The Beautiful Gate; or The Gate of Mercy. This Gate is the closest in proximity to the Temple whereby worshippers would enter bringing their gifts and offerings. This Gate faces the Mt of Olives, and would have been in direct line of sight when Jesus... Continue Reading →
Easter Sunday: ‘The Curse and the Crown’ Glory be to Jesus Christ who has rescued us from sin and death. Today is Easter Day, it is the greatest….. Day in world history.Fact of world history.Benefit of world history…… Jesus was dead but he is alive. And Christians today are the witnesses that stretch back nearly... Continue Reading →
Sermon preached at a Taunton Churches Together Sunday Service on 15/11/2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImgaEmDYrzk&feature=emb_title On the evening of November 5th, my wife, pregnant daughter and her husband, and our 4 year old daughter, were in the garden having a fire-pit bonfire. We had German sausages cooking; marshmallows warming. Sparklers, and one or two thimbles of beer. We were... Continue Reading →
Called to Greatness: Is. 40:28-31; John 6:66 It is so easy for my life to be consumed by triviality, pettiness and banality. Do you know what I mean? I don’t want my life to meander along in a predictable, mundane fashion. It’s not that I’m looking for the novelty of experiential excitement: As an end... Continue Reading →
When fishes flew and forests walked And figs grew upon thorn, Some moment when the moon was blood Then surely I was born. * With monstrous head and sickening cry And ears like errant wings, The devil’s walking parody On all four-footed things. * The tattered outlaw of the earth, Of ancient crooked will; Starve,... Continue Reading →
A few months ago a highly skilled chap called Gary made an oak cross for the church as a leaving present. What follows below is his interpretive explanation of what he has made, and why he made it like that. It is marvellous!!! The cross mounted to the wall in the sanctuary at Barton Baptist... Continue Reading →
Having had the best part of the weekend in Oxford (Baptist Union Assembly), I must say what an inspiring place it is. I'm sure the sun shining was a major factor, not to mention the incredible falafal wraps I enjoyed, with a decent pint at the famous pub favoured by C. S. Lewis and the... Continue Reading →
My youngest son (17) brought me a CD for my birthday recently (a minor miracle in its own right), and was very interested to know my thoughts on the song 'Take Me To Church' by Andrew Hozier (aka Hozier). I was very impressed with the CD overall, the thoughful lyrics and quality of music (I... Continue Reading →
"Do you not know that all of us who have been baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of... Continue Reading →
Jurgen Moltmann in his foreward of Nicholas Ansell's The Annihilation of Hell - Universal Salvation and the Redemption of Time in the Eschatology of Jurgen Moltmann: "A foreward is not an afterward and also not a critical review. A foreward should open the door and point out the worth of a book so that it... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 