Pause for Thought – 25 September 2020
This week’s Pause for Thought is now available:
This week’s Pause for Thought is now available:
This week’s Pause for Thought is now available:
Luke 2:22-40 Galatians 4:4-7 Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the town where there was a flood. As the flood waters rose a boat came along and offered to rescue an old lady. The lady refused, assuring the skipper that God would save her. The waters rose higher and the lady went upstairs. A canoeist…
Part 1 Luke 1:46-53 If you go up to London, you can see this world’s kingdom, power, and glory all set out before you in stone and glass: the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, the National Gallery, the Shard, and so on. As in the capital of any nation, the principalities and the powers are…
Ephesians 1:3-14 A letter from Apollos in Ephesus to his friend and mentor: Dear Paul, The Elders of the church here in Ephesus were so worried when we heard of your sufferings in Rome, but then we heard that you had been released from prison and allowed to stay in your own rented house. They…
John 21:1-14 1 Corinthians 12:12-26 Noah started building several arks for various parts of animal kingdom. One was a split level job for all the fish – a multi-storey carp ark So, today’s gospel story is all about fish – many different kinds of fish – and a barbecue on the beach. What an exciting…
Psalm 109:12-16 Luke 6:32-36 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 It was in 1755 that Dr. Samuel Johnson published the first edition of his famous Dictionary. Johnson was well known for his dry wit, with entries such as: Lexicographer: A harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words. Oats: A grain, which…