Letter from the Manse (152)
Thought provoking, biblical, often topical but always worth a read!
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Heading off to Camp
In a few weeks time, a group of youngsters from the church, loaded up with rucksacks, sleeping bags and Bibles will be heading off to camp. It’s thirty-four years since I first set off from home carrying more or less the same equipment. My first Christian camp was at Pendine...
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Evangelical Heritage
I’m hoping that during these weeks while I’m freed up from preaching, we’ll manage some family outings. Some time back I drew up a list of places around Manchester and the North-West that have some special historical interest for us as evangelical Christians. Some of them I’ve been to already,...
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Thanksgiving Services
Let me start by saying thank you to everyone who worked so hard preparing for our thanksgiving services. At some point I ought to write a Nehemiah-style list of all the folk who worked to get the building into a fit state for us to welcome our guests. But I’ll...
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A citizen of heaven
Someone asked me a difficult question recently. “Do you think of yourself as Welsh?” Tricky one. I am more or less Welsh by ancestry. My name tells you that. My father was from Swansea and his parents were Welsh through and through. My mother was born in Wales too,...
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Lots of activity. Little to show for it?
The first day of a new year. A time to look back and a time to look forward. Many things to give thanks for, many things to grieve over, many things to reflect on. I’ve been reflecting, inevitably, on all the activity of the past year, and especially our evangelistic...
