Hurting and Healing with the Church – Renovare article
If you’re feeling hurt or let down by church, I just read something I think you’d connect with: To Watch […]
Newsletter 28 August 2025
Click on the link below for the latest news.. https://mailchi.mp/3bf64b70c6ea/communion-joy-18260919 God bless, Malcolm
The Irony in Bartimaeus’ Name
The name Bartimaeus (Greek: Βαρτιμαῖος) appears in Mark 10.46. It’s a transliteration of the Aramaic bar Timaeus. There are a few possibilities: Bartimaeus can mean “unclean […]
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Thank you for visiting. I hope your time here is stimulating and thought-provoking. As Duke Senior puts it in As You Like […]
Should we pray with an agenda?
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and […]
Participating in God’s Restoration: The Story of Churches of Christ | Harbor, Pepperdine Bible Lectures
I thoroughly recommend this speech by Mike Cope as a primer on the church of Christ history. https://pepperdinebiblelectures.podbean.com/e/participating-in-god-s-restoration-the-story-of-churches-of-christ/
A ‘love your enemies’ test
Amongst all the tragedy of this world, I found this post in the Christian Chronicle very helpful. Click the button […]
What does Jesus think of war?
Watford church sermon on 15 October What do you think Jesus would say to us if we asked him what […]
Opportunity to Bless the Watford YMCA
Refurbishing the Charter House Lounge – can you help? This week I received a message from my good friend Matt […]
Ideas for engaging with the refugee crisis
How can Western Christians treat refugees like Jesus? “He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves […]