Date: 24 Jan 2016 Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Introduction Over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at 1 Corinthians 1 and thinking about Christ crucified and God’s wisdom. I had intended this week to look at Paul’s comments in 1 Corinthians 3 about Church Leaders. However, as the wine was being served during last week’s Communion service, the word “boast” came to me; I’ve no idea where from although I can probably guess! And so, this week I want to concentrate on

Date: 17 Jan 2016 Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Introduction Last week we took a fairly close look at 1 Corinthians 1:23 where Paul tells us that he preached “Christ crucified”; he had no other message, in fact he didn’t seem interested in any form of ministry other than preaching Jesus Christ crucified. He may have baptised a few people; he may have founded a few churches and he may have written a few letters, but during his entire ministry Paul believed that his true calling

Date: 10 Jan 2016 Text: 1 Corinthians 1:23 Introduction Over the next 3 Sundays I want to spend a few minutes each week looking at some of these early passages in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. Today, despite having read a fairly lengthy passage from 1 Corinthians 1 & 2, I want to focus on a single phrase in 1:23, “we preach Christ crucified”. When you read the opening chapter of 1 Corinthians it soon becomes obvious that that is all Paul wanted to do: preach Christ

Date: 03 Jan 2016 Text: Philippians 3:7-14 Introduction So, here we are in 2016 with a new year stretched out in front of us; a new date to try and remember when writing cheques, if you still do that and a new date to write on letters or application forms. We have a new diary full of blank pages ready and waiting to be filled in. There will be new opportunities, new people to meet, new careers to follow, new colleges to attend and new friends to make. But, what about 2015? Ho

Date: 01 Jan 2016 Text: John 1:1-5 So, here we are at the beginning of yet another New Year. It seems only 5 minutes ago that I was testing software to check for the Millennium bug, and yet I was working on that in 1999. Do you remember the Millennium bug? It was a bug that never arrived! Just think about all that has happened since the turn of the century, some of it enjoyable some of it not quite so enjoyable; some good and some most definitely not so good; and yet despite