This week we’ve been talking about God’s grace as a source of healing in our lives. It’s something of a stereotype, but it’s generally true that men avoid
going to see the doctor …

Guilt is the direct result of a choice that was made in a garden a long time ago (Genesis 2:17). Once you know the difference between good and evil, you get a dose of guilt every time you chose the wrong one. It’s a sort of ‘buy one get one free’ deal. Only two kinds of people don’t experience guilt – saints and psychopaths and I haven’t met too many of either in the churches I’ve pastored …

Uncertainty can be a very stressful thing. I wonder if the government announcement increased your anxiety level this week.

Uncertainty can be a very stressful thing. I wonder if the government announcement increased your anxiety level this week.

One thing that can stop us experiencing freedom, healing and transformation as disciples of Jesus is legalism.

This week I want to share with you Chris Rousell’s contribution to the LICC ‘connecting with culture’ blog, because I couldn’t say it better myself, and because this week’s events reminds us all that God works by grace – not by algorithms.

The Bible gives us so many examples of prayer. Time after time we are encouraged to come to our Lord in adoration, thanksgiving and confession before we start asking Him to do something or fix something …

Over the next couple of weeks our two churches in Godstone will be distributing the Good News Newspaper. In the world of the media, the general principle is “bad news sells!”, so this is a tremendous opportunity to remind people that for every bad news story, there are thousands of stories of hope and grace that never get heard …

The Bible is full of God’s promises to those who will trust him. The question is, do we stand on those promises ..?

What happens when a society forgets God? Wealth is idolized, truth is minimized, life is trivialized, races are polarized, wrong is rationalized. No wonder people lose hope in such a society …