Category: Church Matters

John Piper is a distinguished American pastor, who served for more than thirty years as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church

Excellence: ‘the quality of being outstanding or extremely good’ (Oxford Online Dictionary) Society applauds excellence. Businesses present awards for excellence

I’m told that if we want to ensure that we keep fit and well, then ideally we should make an

The Spirit creates diversity! That is the thrust of Paul’s teaching on the body of Christ. He writes: Christ is

In his book Building Small Groups, the Australian church consultant John Mallison argues that twelve is the upper limit for

With retirement looming – for on 14 March 2014 I will be celebrating my 70th birthday – I thought I

A few Sundays ago in the context of an evening service I presented a paper (rather than ‘preached a sermon’)

Every term in our church we have a Hospitality Sunday – and the good news is that more and more

I vividly remember the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953 – if my maths is correct, I

Last night I was onto my second glass of champagne at a pre-dinner reception when I was asked to say