Pastor's Thought

Teaching, reflections, and updates from church life.

Do Something!

28/05/2017

Monday, 22 May 2017 at approximately 10.30pm, thousands of people (many of which were young children) were leaving the Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. As some parents and guardians waited to meet children and friends, Salmon Avedi detonated a suicide bombing device killing 22 men, women and children and injuring around 100 others, […]

Hope Alive

21/05/2017

Friday, the body of Christ commemorated the death of Jesus as a salvivic event, wherein humankind was redeemed through His death. However, it didn’t stop there, because though he died a greater event was about to take place. A physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. Jesus having been dead and buried, through the […]

The Bride and Groom

21/05/2017

Yesterday, guests including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended the wedding of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews. Miss Middleton, 33, is the younger sister of the duchess and got engaged to 41-year-old Mr Matthews last year. Prince Harry, Princess Eugenie, and Roger Federer and his wife Mirka were among the guests at the church. […]

Order in the Centre

14/05/2017

Nearly every house in the Western world either owns or has use of or access to a computer. Computers are now ingrained within the infrastructure of our global economy and are the platform for the world governments and governance. Our financial structures are dependent on the computer systems throughout the various stock exchanges and also […]

Escaping Earth

07/05/2017

In a recent article, it was reported that world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawkins attuned his Armageddon of the Earth, decreasing it by 900 years from his initial estimation of 1,000-years. He suggests that we have a century left to evacuate the planet and become multi-planetary species. Although this idea seems ridiculous or even unrealistically optimistic, we […]

Faith Alive

23/04/2017

Saint George’s Day is celebrated on 23 April otherwise known as the feast day of Saint George and is celebrated by numerous Christian Churches cities of which Saint George is the patron saint in nations, countries and even kingdoms. Facts pertaining to the life of St George’s life has spanned through the centuries where he […]

Laying Down – Part 1

09/04/2017

The world was stunned by the images portrayed in the media of President Assad’s alleged chemical bombing of civilians. What was most disturbing was the images of small children and babies, innocent victims of this heinous atrocity. Whilst the world sat still and criticised and condemned, President Trump felt it his moral duty to respond […]

Together: United

02/04/2017

On Thursday 23 June 2016 a referendum was held in the UK to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union.   To the great surprise of the government and the media, the Leave won by a slim margin of 51.9% to 48.1%. The significant factor was that the referendum turnout was a […]

Prying Eyes of Man

13/03/2017

On Tuesday morning, 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks released what it called Vault 7 which was an exceptional assortment of in-house CIA files. These files showed the attempt by the CIA to hack into mobile phones targeting Android and iOS to advanced PC-compromise. This included the research on hacking cars as a means of counterterrorism work. […]

Celebrating Women

05/03/2017

This week we celebrate International Women’s Day 8 March, as we recognise the contributions, the necessity and value of women globally. Women throughout history and, dare it even be said within the scriptures, have been mistreated, marginalised, ostracised and demonised unreservedly. Yet, in response to this, women have managed to maintain the status quo and […]

Forward: Together or Apart?

19/02/2017

The debate pertaining to the sanctity of marriage has returned to the Church of England General Synod. As this week, they voted over the decision to permit the act of same-sex marriages within the Church of England. This week the Synod decided to vote as to whether the Bishops Report on same-sex marriages should be […]

Build Bridges Not Walls

31/01/2017

One week into the Trump administration, true to his word, President Trump announced his intention of building a wall between America and Mexico at the expense of the Mexican government. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto vigorously denounced America’s intention and in response cancelled the scheduled meeting between himself and the US President, which is already […]