Pastor's Thought

After 14 years and 3,000 episodes, The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed by ITV following the suicide of a guest. The guest Steve Dymond took part in the programme and failed in a lie detector test.  Later, Mr Dymond was found dead on 9 May a week after filming the show.  The Jeremy Kyle show has made its name and popularity in its airing of dysfunctional families and relationships of those …

Thursday this week local elections were held across the UK, taking place under the umbrella of certain political issues. There was the obvious issue of Brexit and the varying discussions such as leaving without a deal. Was the May local elections going to see the end of Teresa May and there was the rise of green issues with protests, marches, …

The morning after the Sabbath, the women proceeded to the tomb where Jesus was buried.  The expectation of Jesus’s ministry of liberating the people as the Messiah has been fully dashed and the central figure, Jesus, is dead.   To add insult to injury, Judas betrayed Jesus and has committed suicide; Peter, one of Jesus’ closest disciples has denied him and the remainder …

Today is Mothering Sunday, the day when we celebrate motherhood and thank them for the contributions that they have made. Mothers come in different forms and play various roles in our lives. We have biological mothers, step mothers, adopted Foster mothers, godmothers, spiritual mothers and grandmothers, all of whom have played significant roles in our lives. The term Mother depicts …

There has been a steady argument concerning Britain’s position in Europe wherein the general public was split as to our position as being part of the European Union or not. A referendum was held on Thursday, 23 June 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than …

The 12th March marked the celebration of the marmite technology; World Wide Web. No other technology in modern time has impacted or changed the way in which the world functions technologically, financially, academically or even to an extreme extent, spiritually. The founder, English engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee may have not fully comprehended the impact of his invention and …

This week it was widely reported by the media of the sudden increase in knife crime across the country. This was stirred by yet more innocent deaths of a young girl Jodie Chesney, from Romford, east London, and a young man Yousef Ghaleb Makki, both aged 17.  The issues and the reasons behind the sudden peak seem unexplainable and lack all reason and rational, where parents are forced to go through the trauma of having to …

This week it was finally announced by the government that it would make by legislation the education of sex compulsory and without the exception of religious beliefs or parental intervention. Sex education is always seen as directed towards older children or those more mature so as to protect their innocence in their current plight. The issue of equality has become …

This week Parliament was at odds with itself as the main two parties were hit by the deflection of MPs to form a new party called the Independent Group.  The Labour Party have become more left-wing with issues of antisemitism and form policy and with the Conservative Party anti EU right-wing, coupled with the threat of a no deal Brexit abbys.  All this …

This week it was reported that Shamima Begum, 19, from London, made a request to the British government to be allowed to return to the UK following the deaths of son Jerah and daughter Sarayah. The British teenager fled the UK four years ago aged 15 to join ISIS in Syria and was tracked down to a refugee camp. She …

This week there was uproar concerning an interview that Liam Neeson had promoting his forthcoming movie. In the interview, he recounted an incident where a close family friend was raped by a black man and in response to this terrible incident, he drove around in his car for a week with a weapon looking for any black man who would …

This month, the month of February is marked as Education month within the New Testament Church of God nationally. It is the month in which we reflect upon education across the various age groups within our church. Education or learning is not restricted to a certain age group, race, gender or diaspora but is both relevant and necessary for everyone, regardless of their …