by Samuel Smithson | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
This morning’s New testament reading and gospel reading fit together very well. The gospel reading is about life and death and hopefully as we will see this morning – how in God’s kingdom – death leads to life, and life comes out of death. And the New Testament...
by Samuel Smithson | Jan 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Having an eternal perspective The title of my talk today is – ‘Having an eternal perspective’. And having an eternal perspective is absolutely crucial if we are going to live effective Christian lives in today’s world. What do I mean by having an eternal perspective?...
by Samuel Smithson | Nov 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
This morning we continue with our series of talks on Rick Warren’s excellent book, The Purpose Driven Life. It’s been a few weeks since our last talk, so just to recap, Rick Warren initially asks the question – ‘What on earth am I here for?’ and then goes on to...
by Samuel Smithson | Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
You were formed for God’s family. This morning we continue with our series of talks based on Rick Warren’s excellent book – The Purpose Driven Life – which I’d urge you to read because it contains a huge amount of Christian wisdom and insight. Campbell spoke last week...
by Samuel Smithson | Oct 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
The importance of God’s word – 3rd Sunday in September Jesus prays in this morning’s gospel reading from John chapter 17 that as Christians we may all be one so that the world may believe in him. In other words, he prays that we may be united, as a united Church...
