by Samuel Smithson | Jan 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Pray for Syria 26/01/2014 In July, a Catholic priest was executed by Islamist forces and in August, rebel gunmen killed 11 Christians in a driveby shooting as they celebrated a feast day. More recently, reports are emerging of 30 dead bodies being found in mass...
by Samuel Smithson | Jan 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Acts Chapter 17 verses 1 – 9 Paul and Silas reach Thessalonica ‘These people have been turning the world upside down’. This was the claim of those who dragged poor Jason and some other believers before the city authorities, as we learn in...
by Samuel Smithson | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
On 25th September 1915, the first day of the fighting at the battle of Loos, Captain Anketell Read of the First Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, was killed while leading his men in the most ferocious fighting. For his conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice,...
by Samuel Smithson | Dec 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Acts Chapter 15: 1 – 10 One or two people have been asking why we are continuing to plough through the Book of Acts. Well, the answer, quite simply, is that if we take seriously what we learn from it, then it will help us considerably in our calling, our calling by...
by Samuel Smithson | Jul 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
As we continue our look at the book of Acts, we read today about the Apostle Paul’s journey from darkness to light. This describes how in his spiritual blindness Paul encountered Jesus – the light of the world – and then of course went on to become an ambassador of...
