We started our service by welcoming Matt and Fiona, who came to join us from Exeter this morning. It’s always a thrill to see, especially all the friends and family from Newbury. We started by singing about Jesus being the light of the world. (PtL 221). We have Jehovah our God Who gave the world… Read More Sunday service 2026 April 26 #1 Light of the world
Is it not the essential condition of even human friendship that enlightenment should be a thing of normal habit? But enlightenment is not native: darkness is. Enlightenment to be attained or retained must be kindled by external appliance, and there must be renewal. Light the lamp and leave it, and it will become dark again.… Read More Today’s thought “The light of life” (March 11)
There are only two states of existence before God: the flesh and the spirit, darkness and light, death and life. The unbeliever walks “according to the course of this world … according to the spirit that worketh in the children of disobedience … fulfilling the desires of the flesh … and are by nature the… Read More Today’s thought “No fit mates” (March 06)
Sunday service of Breaking the Bread, 2025, November 30 It goes dark so early. We reached a time of the year when we use more candles to bring more light into our lives. We thank God that He brought light into our darkness. We thank God, for that He kept His promise to send someone… Read More In darker days looking for the Light Jesus
In the sermon of this morning we spoke about the lost son, but also of youngsters who disappeared for some time, like a young man living for four years unnoticed at Heathrow airport. In Ecclesiastes the author encourages people to enjoy life while they are young — before the troubles of old age described in… Read More In the days of our youth
2 Chronicles 15 – “The Lord is with you while ye be with Him. If ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you.” (2 Chronicles 15:2) The scriptures abound with similar declarations. They make the course of every earnest man clear. Seek the Lord in… Read More If ye seek him
Introduction to the series on the kingdoms discussed by the Bible with particular reference to the Kingdom of Christ and the Kingdom of God.… Read More Kingdom of Christ vs. Kingdom of God – Chapter 1 Introduction
Life can present a picture of a dark and turbulent sea with Jesus afar off. It is the slow triumph of faith to see him on the heights above in communion and intercession with his Father. Sometimes he comes to us in the midst of the storms and darkness, in unfamiliar form which we must… Read More Today’s Thought: When we walk over the waters to meet Jesus
Jesus isn’t talking about the state of the eye when he talks about the evil eye.… Read More Evil Eye
Jesus of Nazareth invested the tiny band that he called apart to testify to him and all he stood for with a staggering responsibility. Into all the world they were to go. Not with the hope of converting the world, but with the aim of creating and forming a redemptive society that would be as… Read More Today’s Thought (August 09): Stilling the storm
“Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom, but he that doeth the will of my Father.” Now is the time for the doing of that will as revealed. Separate yourselves from the multitude that refuse to do it. Don’t wait until the only permissible response to your frantic appeal… Read More Doing the will of God
Behind every significant event in history has been the “will of the LORD” bringing about things that are “good” or things that are “bad” – more often the latter. This is even sometimes the case with seemingly insignificant events! In our reading of 1 Samuel 9, donkeys belonging to a Benjamite become lost and the… Read More It is what they deserve
In this world there may be lots of unkind speech, gossip, slander, but we as followers of Christ should get rid of all such evil behaviour. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all wrong and insulting language. (1 Peter 2:1) When we are Christadelphians or when we say we are a Christian, we should… Read More Today’s thought “About our attitude opposite others” (December 12)
Today’s thought “The breastplate of faith” (November 18) Some of the verses in the final chapter of Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians are really appropriate for conditions we live in today. The chapters in Nehemiah are also full of lessons, showing his dedicated effort, despite all kinds of distraction and opposition. He led the… Read More Today’s thought “The breastplate of faith” (November 18)
Today’s thought “Performing deeds in keeping with their repentance” (November 10) Every time we read Paul’s speeches in defending himself after his arrest, we are moved by his total conviction of mind and commitment. What a transformed man he was after his intensely dramatic encounter with the risen Christ outside Damascus. He has turned himself… Read More Today’s thought “Performing deeds in keeping with their repentance” (November 10)
Today’s thought “But let the scriptures be fulfilled” (August 19) Whenever there is reference to “the scriptures” in the New Testament it is referring to the Old Testament. Mark 14 makes heart-searching reading: its 72 verses begin with a woman (verse 3) anointing Jesus with precious oil, and Jesus rebuking those who criticised her, saying,… Read More Today’s thought “But let the scriptures be fulfilled” (August 19)
“Wickedness burns like a fire” Isaiah 9 Isaiah has a blunt and challenging message for his people in today’s chapter 9 – it is rather in contrast to the positive picture we read in Joshua 19 where the people cross the Jordan into the promised land. Isaiah says, “For wickedness burns like a fire” (verse… Read More Today’s thought “Wickedness burns like a fire” (May 19)
Today’s thought “The word that I have spoken will …” (April 19) Deuteronomy 2, Proverbs 29, John 12 Deuteronomy, which we are now reading is, to some extent, a kind of history lesson to the next generation – the children of those who had died in the wilderness. This is an example to us –… Read More Today’s thought “The word that I have spoken will …” (April 19)
Though in the vision of today’s reading in the Book of Zechariah, the wickedness of Judah is contained and sent far away to Babylon, where it is not only tolerated but is worshipped, Zechariah’s prophecy also gives us an inspiring look into the future when those who “endure” will “reign with the king in Zion”.… Read More Today’s thought “The vision of the branch and unleashing judgment upon the whole ear” (December 22)
Today’s thought “… a separation between you and your God” (July 3) Isaiah’s message keeps returning to the theme of the need for reality in human thinking about their relationship with God. Belief in God in those days was not like it is with so many today, indeed in some countries today the majority do… Read More Today’s thought “… a separation between you and your God” (July 3)
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