by simon_vb | Aug 1, 2014 | Blog
I have to start this post with a confession: I have a mild Facebook addiction. There, I said it. I semi-regularly post things on Facebook, I often read things my ‘friends’ have posted, and there are some people who I find easier to message on Facebook than email. I...
by simon_vb | Jul 28, 2014 | Blog
If you have been a Christian for any length of time, you will have struggled with the whole issue of serving. Maybe you haven’t reflected on this but I am sure, like me, you have felt it. You have come back from church having served others in some way, maybe with...
by simon_vb | Jul 23, 2014 | Blog
I recently finished reading the detailed recent biography of Michael Jordan (‘Michael Jordan: The Life’) by Roland Lazenby. I grew up watching Jordan play, win dunking competitions, and do things with a basketball no-one else could do. I knew only a little about his...
by simon_vb | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog
When was the last time you asked someone how their week has been, and they answered with “You know what, I really don’t have enough to do. I find myself playing computer games and being bored”? If your experience is like mine, the answer is ‘never’. Almost always...
by simon_vb | Jun 10, 2014 | Blog
Last Sunday we were working through 1 Peter 2:11-25 in the sermon, and one of the issues in the passage was the command to be subject to every human institution, including governments. Peter even mentions the emperor specifically, and we know that the first century...
by simon_vb | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog
We recently held an evangelistic night at church with a talk on ‘Is it reasonable to believe in God when there is so much pain and suffering in the world?’ The programme was very straightforward, introduction, testimony, talk, song, Q&A, supper. And because we...
