Pause for Thought for 12 May 2021
Pause for Thought for 12 May 2021 is now available:
Pause for Thought for 12 May 2021 is now available:
Mark 16:1-8 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Some years ago someone received a letter from the then DHSS, informing him that his benefit would be stopped at the end of March 1986 because he had died. The letter then went onto say, “you may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.” Someone once wrote into…
Acts 2:1-21 Louis Armstrong is best remembered for how and what he played, rather than for anything that he said. By and large, he let his trumpet do the talking, as it were. But he did come out with a few memorable remarks. My favourite is: ‘If you haven’t got it in you, you can’t…
1 Kings 3:15-28 Ephesians 3:8-13 There was once a young prince whose distant uncle was king of a great empire. The prince was carefree and happy, neither very rich nor very poor. One day, a great disaster struck. The king, his uncle, was killed in an earthquake, and all the senior members of the royal…
Luke 11 vv 1-4, Ecclesiastes 3vv 1-8, 1 John 1-12 The reading from Ecclesiastes tells us there is a time for everything. So is there a certain time for prayer, or is there always a time to pray? John’s first letter speaks of walking in the light. Are we walking in the light as…
Job 38:1-11 Mark 4:35-41 There is a story about a monastery in Europe perched high on a cliff several hundred feet in the air. The only way to reach the monastery was to be suspended in a basket which was pulled to the top by several monks who pulled and tugged with all their strength….
Matthew 7:1-5 Romans 14:4, 9-10 Psalm 145 Dr. Ian Paisley, the fiery Ulster cleric and politician was reported to have been preaching one Sunday on the End Times – and in particular on the Day of Judgement. As he reached the climax of his address he said that on the Day of Judgement “there would…