Every year we celebrate Christmas. But every year people do not really benefit from the Christmas celebrations. Christmas comes and goes and it does not seem to make any difference to our lives. Often it’s because people treat the story of the birth of Jesus Christ in the same way we treat the story of … Continue reading Christmas (2018)
Author: Colin Gamble
Christmas (2019)
The Christmas story is the account of how the Eternal Son of God became one of us whenever he was born in Bethlehem. It happened this way: Mary, his mother, became pregnant by means of the Holy Spirit and gave birth to Jesus, her firstborn son, who is also God the Son. The reason God … Continue reading Christmas (2019)
Family Worship (2013)
My last pastoral letter was about our Sunday services of worship. This one is about family worship at home. While it's primarily directed to parents and their children, others who read this might want to pray for our families and encourage them as they seek to bring up their children in the faith. In his … Continue reading Family Worship (2013)
Children in Church (2014)
If you were in church on Sunday 7 September, you will know that I have taken over responsibility for providing the children in church with Active 8+ materials. For those who don't know, once our children reach the age of eight, they leave Children's Church and join the rest of us for the Sunday morning … Continue reading Children in Church (2014)
Callings from God (2016)
We've been studying 1 Peter together on Sunday mornings. One of the things we noticed was the way Peter referred to his readers as 'strangers in the world' (1:1). Later he describes them as 'aliens and strangers in the world' (2:11). The background to the use of this phrase is found in the Old Testament … Continue reading Callings from God (2016)
Revealed and Secret Will (2013)
At the end of one year, and the beginning of a new year, I thought it might be helpful to remind you of some of the things we thought about one Sunday evening when we were studying question and answer 103 of our church's Shorter Catechism. Question 103 is about the third request in the … Continue reading Revealed and Secret Will (2013)
Exodus 17(08–16)
Introduction Last week we were looking at the passage which runs from verse 22 of chapter 15 to verse 7 of chapter 17 and which contained the stories of how the Lord provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Do you remember? For three days they travelled in the desert without finding … Continue reading Exodus 17(08–16)
Exodus 15(22)–17(07)
Introduction I suppose if I were asked to summarise today's passage, I'd say it's about living in the in-between time. Living in the in-between time. And I'll explain in a minute what I mean by the in-between time. But while someone might look at this passage and the way the Israelites got on, and might … Continue reading Exodus 15(22)–17(07)
Exodus 15(01–21)
Summary Last week we spent our time on Exodus 14 and the account of how the Lord opened a way through the Red Sea to enable his people to cross over on dry land; whereas the Egyptians -- when they too tried to cross over -- were drowned when the waters of the Red Sea … Continue reading Exodus 15(01–21)
Exodus 13(17)–14(31)
Summary In fulfilment of God's promise in the book of Genesis to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to make the number of their descendants like the stars in the sky and like the sand on the seashore, too many to count, the Israelites have become a great nation. They were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became … Continue reading Exodus 13(17)–14(31)
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