Passage – Mark 10:35-45 Over 25 years ago I left the world of stockbroking in the City and undertook some theological education before entering full-time Christian ministry. I learned a ton of stuff during that … Read More
#52 The Heart of the Matter
Passage – Mark 7:1-23 As some of you know, we recently acquired a new member of the family, a black Labrador puppy, called Otto. At the moment we are in the midst of puppy training. … Read More
#51 The Right Way Up!
Passage: Mark 4:35-5:43 You don’t have to be of a melancholy disposition or a glass half-empty temperament to realise that the world we live in is seriously broken. This past year we have suffered the … Read More
#50 Power, Popularity & Problems
Passage: Mark 1:1-3:35 How are you doing with the Lent Challenge and reading a bit of Mark’s Gospel each day? It’s OK, I’m not going to be checking up on you, but I trust that … Read More
#49 A Challenge for Lent!
Read Mark’s Gospel The date of this Pep Talk is the 17th February which happens to be Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent which runs for six weeks (approx.) leading up to Easter Sunday. … Read More
#48 It Must Be Love, Love, Love
Passage – Psalm 107 I can guarantee that as soon as some of you saw the title of this week’s Pep Talk, you immediately started humming or singing the song by Madness from 1981 (or … Read More
#47 The Lost Son (Part Two)
Passage – Luke 15:11-32 As we cleared up the dishes after Sunday lunch and were discussing that day’s sermon on the Prodigal Son, my mother-in-law said to me, “But what I think is so unfair … Read More
#46 The Lost Son (Part One)
Passage: Luke 15:11-32 Relationships break down usually by one of two ways. They can end by a big bust-up where something happens, a line in the sand is crossed and there’s no going back. It … Read More
#45 Money, Money, Money
Passage: Ecclesiastes 5:10-20 At the youth group this week in our Ice-Breaker Quiz was this question- The richest 26 people in the world have the equivalent wealth of the poorest ‘what’ percentage of the world’s … Read More
#44 Faith that makes a difference
Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Have you ever felt that ‘your suffering’ is worse than everyone else’s? I know I have! The fact is, everywhere you turn, people are suffering in different ways and more so … Read More